Mission to Mars: “Perseverance” Rover on Target to Make Landing After Seven-Month Journey

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Perseverance Rover (SOURCE: NASA)
Perseverance Rover (SOURCE: NASA).

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A multi-billion-dollar mission to Mars with the rover, Perseverance, which is on approach to Mars, will navigate difficult terrain to land on Mars and begin a journey to search for signs of life. YouTube Tips ⓘ

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attached to its belly, is on target to touch down gently on the Red Planet around 2:55 p.m. CST (3:55 p.m. EST 12:55 p.m. PST) today, February 18, 2021. The entry, descent, and landing team started on console at mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at 7:30 a.m. CST (8:30 a.m. ET 5:30 a.m. PST) Thursday morning.

Heat shield first, NASA is preparing for the Perseverance spacecraft to start blazing through the Martian atmosphere at around 3:48 p.m. EST (12:48 p.m. PST). At the time of landing, Mars will be 127 million miles (204 million kilometers) from Earth. At this distance, the one-way light time – the amount of time for a signal to get from Perseverance to Earth – is 11 minutes, 22 seconds.

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Perseverance Rover (SOURCE: NASA)
Perseverance Rover (SOURCE: NASA).

After a 7-month journey, the NASA rover will attempt the historic space landing as part of its groundbreaking mission to find evidence of microscopic life on the red planet (GMA). YouTube Tips ⓘ

Hours away: NASA’S Perseverance Mars rover is expected to touch down at 3:55 p.m. ET Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 (NewsNow from Fox). YouTube Tips ⓘ

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