NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands On Mars

The Perseverance Rover has just successfully landed on Mars after traveling almost 300 million miles.

The rover, nicknamed “Percy” by mission control, left Earth around 6 months and finally touched down onto the surface of mars, sending back this photo:

Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X

— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 18, 2021

Acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk gave a statement on the achievement, saying:

“This landing is one of those pivotal moments for NASA, the United States, and space exploration globally — when we know we are on the cusp of discovery and sharpening our pencils, so to speak, to rewrite the textbooks. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission embodies our nation’s spirit of persevering even in the most challenging of situations, inspiring, and advancing science and exploration. The mission itself personifies the human ideal of persevering toward the future and will help us prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet in the 2030s.”

Source:
CNN