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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Animations for media and public use. This reel depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars February 18, 2021. In the span of about seven minutes, the spacecraft slows down from about 12,100 mph (19,500 kph) at the top of the Martian atmosphere to about 2 mph (3 kph) at touchdown in an area called Jezero Crater. Perseverance will seek signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust), characterize the planet's geology and climate, and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. For more animations and video of the NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover go to https://vimeo.com/420043274 For more information about Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...more
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations
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Animations for media and public use. This reel depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars February 18, 2021. In the span of about seven minutes, the spacecraft slows down from about 12,100 mph (19,500 kph) at the top of the Martian atmosphere to about 2 mph (3 kph) at touchdown in an area called Jezero Crater. Perseverance will seek signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust), characterize the planet's geology and climate, and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. For more animations and video of the NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover go to https://vimeo.com/420043274 For more information about Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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