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Mars Images by David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star, Tucson, AZ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CLICK HERE if you’re viewing on a mobile device.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Perseverance, the ninth and largest, most advanced ever spacecraft sent by NASA to land on Mars, tweeted its first video<\/a> Monday. The clip featured multiple angles of the robot’s landing, captured by its 25 cameras.<\/p>\n

NASA rover Perseverance lands safely on Mars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In case you missed it, the United States on Thursday landed Perseverance on the surface of the red planet, Associated Press reported. The roaming droid’s seven-month journey ended in \u201cseven minutes of terror\u201d that involved auto-piloting its own entry, descent and landing near the Jezero Crater.<\/p>\n

Within minutes the six-wheeled rover, nicknamed Percy, was tweeting photos that gave everyone back on Earth a window into a 5-by-4-mile strip on an ancient river delta full of pits, cliffs and fields of rock. Ground controllers at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena sent the plutonium-powered vehicle there in search of any evidence that life once thrived on the planet, according to AP.<\/p>\n

Mars Perseverance Rover by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Mars Probe No Aliens by Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Mars Rover and Social Distancing by Jeff Koterba, CagleCartoons.com <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It will take a week for the rover to start driving as officials check its systems. Percy then will use its 7-foot arm to drill into the surface it’s roaming to collect rock samples for signs of life, a process the rover will continue over the next two years. Once it has gathered three to four dozen chalk-sized samples, a separate fetch rover will retrieve the materials. By 2031, the space agency aims to have those samples on their way back to Earth on another rocket ship.<\/p>\n

NASA timed the robot’s approximately 300-million-mile voyage to take advantage of a close alignment of Earth and Mars. Spacecraft from China and the United Arab Emirates also swung into orbit around Mars last week.<\/p>\n

Rover Perserverance by David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star, Tucson, AZ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Texans On Mars by Randall Enos, Easton, CT <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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