Touchdown! Perseverance Lands on Mars
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover survived the Seven Minutes of Terror and successfully landed on Mars at 3:55 pm Eastern Standard Time today. Despite COVID-imposed social distancing restrictions that limited how many people could be in mission control, team members were just as ebullient as ever when touchdown was confirmed.
Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning. pic.twitter.com/UvOyXQhhN9
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
Behold! @NASAPersevere's first image after completing her #CountdownToMars: pic.twitter.com/pBFNk62zfi
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
"What an amazing team to work through all the adversity and challenges that go with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID."
Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk congratulates the @NASAPersevere team on a successful #CountdownToMars: pic.twitter.com/cV1rsTJlsv
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
"NASA works. When we put our arms together and our hands together and our brains together, we can succeed. This is what NASA does."@NASAJPL chief engineer and landing veteran Rob Manning celebrates #NASAPersevere's successful #CountdownToMars: pic.twitter.com/Bo74pC4xLO
— NASA (@NASA) February 18, 2021
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