Watch the moment inside the Pasadena, California, NASA control room:6 min agoJUST IN: Perseverance rover has safely landed on MarsNASA-JPL/Caltech NASA-JPL/Caltech The Perseverance rover just became NASA's fifth rover to safely land on the surface of Mars after surviving the "seven minutes of terror." 13 min agoThe "7 minutes of terror" have begunPerseverance has just started what NASA refers to as the "seven minutes of terror." NASA/JPL-Caltech This illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey that NASA’s Perseverance rover takes to Mars. 19 min agoHow we know the rover is OKThe Perseverance rover is sending "heartbeat tones" back to Earth to tell NASA's team it's healthy. 21 min agoHere is what the rover is doing at Mars right nowIt takes 11 minutes for the rover to send data from Mars back to Earth.

Source: The Nation February 18, 2021 21:00 UTC