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With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration.

This map of Mars shows the landing site for NASA’s Perseverance rover in relation to those of previous successful Mars…

An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance rover fires up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface in this illustration.

In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance rover gets its first look at the Martian surface below after dropping its heat shield…

NASA’s Perseverance rover deploys a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing, in this artist’s illustration.

Christchurch, New Zealand near Lake Ellesmere and Pigeon Bay.

The Sahara Desert in central western Algeria.

The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this…

In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA’s Perseverance rover slows down