604K views · 4.5K reactions | BREAKING: NASA releases new video of rover Perseverance landing on Mars. | NBC News | Facebook

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing This video 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. #NASA #marsrover #mars #InternationalSpaceStation Perseverance will seek signs of ancient microbial life on

After an almost seven month journey that started at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover will make its final descent to the Red Planet on Feb. 18. The Perseverance rover will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth. Learn more about this extraordinary mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2LJolfB | NASA's Kennedy Space Center