12/23/2023 0 Comments Mars 2020 landing![]() ![]() NzSxW6nw4k- President Biden February 18, 2021 Today proved once again that with the power of science and American ingenuity, nothing is beyond the realm of possibility. Frequently described as "seven minutes of terror," the rover's descent was a nail-biting sequence of computer-orchestrated make-or-break events that had to work in near flawless fashion to get the 2,260-pound rover safely down on an ancient lakebed in Jezero Crater, avoiding dangerous cliffs, large boulders and sand dunes in the process.Ĭongratulations to NASA and everyone whose hard work made Perseverance’s historic landing possible. ![]() Back row, right to left: deputy project manager Matt Wallace, project manager John McNamee, deputy project manager Jennifer Trosper and Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA director of sciece operations. Mission managers erupt in cheers as Perseverance touches down. Elated, if socially distanced, flight engineers burst into cheers and applause, anxiety giving way to relief in the joy of the moment. "Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life!" Swati Mohan, a guidance, navigation and control officer monitoring telemetry at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, called out as the rover touched down. Racing through space at more than 12,000 mph, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover reached Mars on Thursday and pulled off a thrilling seven-minute plunge through the atmosphere to land on the surface of the red planet to look for evidence of past microbial life in the remnants of an ancient lake. NASA's Perseverance rover survives "seven minutes of terror" to land on Mars 06:39 ![]()
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