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NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Lands on Red Planet

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NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Lands on Red Planet

19:18 GMT 18.02.2021 (Updated: 03:41 GMT 19.02.2021)

© AFP 2023 / PATRICK T. FALLONA full-scale model of the experimental Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which will be carried under the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on February 16, 2021 in Pasadena, California.

A full-scale model of the experimental Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which will be carried under the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on February 16, 2021 in Pasadena, California. - Sputnik International, 1920, 18.02.2021

NASA's most sophisticated rover ever is tasked with a special mission – to discover evidence of life on Mars.

Watch a live broadcast of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover landing on the Red Planet's surface after a seven-month journey through space.

The rover’s descent is expected to begin around 21:00 GMT.

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission was launched on 30 July 2020 and tasked with searching for signs of life on the planet. The Perseverance, the most advanced rover NASA has made, will be also collecting data on the planet’s geology and climate.

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