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Mars, the Red Planet, is the fourth planet from the sun.

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This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

NASA will unveil dramatic video of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars today. Here's how to watch live.

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA will unveil video of the Perseverance rover as it landed on Mars as seen from the rover itself today (Feb. 22) and you can watch it live here.

An artist's depiction of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

The first helicopter on Mars phones home after Perseverance rover landing

By Elizabeth Howell

The first helicopter ever sent to another world is doing just fine on Mars after surviving a "seven minutes of terror" landing aboard NASA's Perseverance.

Red fireworks speckle the page when you Google "Perseverance rover."

Google 'Perseverance rover' today for a fun Mars landing surprise

By Chelsea Gohd

If you've been following the dramatic success of yesterday's Mars touchdown, you may have Googled "Perseverance rover" today (Feb. 19) and seen your page lighting up with fireworks.

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

Wow! See the Perseverance rover dangling above Mars in this amazing landing photo

By Mike Wall

NASA just released an image showing its Perseverance Mars rover dangling about 6.5 feet (2 meters) above the red dirt during its picture-perfect touchdown inside Jezero Crater yesterday (Feb. 18).

This is the first photo NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back to Earth after it landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

What's next for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing success?

By Mike Wall

Great photos are just around the corner, but it'll likely be a few months before Perseverance really starts sinking its teeth into its science work.

Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The team is masked and distanced with accordance to COVID-19 safety precautions.

We did it: Celebrating a Mars rover landing in the time of COVID-19

By Chelsea Gohd

After a year of seemingly endless obstacles and challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, something good finally happened: NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

President Biden hails successful Mars landing of NASA's Perseverance rover

By Tariq Malik

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are hailing NASA for the Perseverance rover's Mars landing success.

This is the first photo NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back to Earth after it landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

The view from Mars: Here's the 1st photo from NASA's Perseverance rover!

By Meghan Bartels

Just minutes after NASA's Perseverance Mars rover nailed its touchdown on the Red Planet, the spacecraft sent back the first two images of its new home in Jezero Crater.

Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Feb. 18, 2021, after receiving confirmation that the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars.

Touchdown! NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars to begin hunt for signs of ancient life

By Mike Wall

The car-sized Perseverance, the most advanced robot ever sent to the Red Planet, aced its "seven minutes of terror" touchdown this afternoon (Feb. 18).

The Empire State Building in New York City was illuminated with red lights to celebrate the landing of NASA's Mars rover Perseverance.

NYC's Empire State Building turns red to celebrate NASA's Perseverance rover

By Elizabeth Howell

New York City's most famous building turned red overnight to celebrate NASA's Perseverance rover landing Thursday (Feb. 18).

Perseverance in action

Perseverance Mars rover: how to prove whether there's life on the red planet

By Samantha Rolfe

We'll soon be able to properly start asking the question: "Are we alone in the universe?"

Artist impression of Mars Insight.

Mars InSight: why we'll be listening to the landing of the Perseverance rover

By Benjamin Fernando

As I write this, NASA's Perseverance Rover is hurtling toward Mars at a speed of more than 80,000 km/h and is set to land at the Red Planet on February 18.

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'7 minutes of terror': A look at the technology Perseverance needs to survive landing on Mars

By Chris James

This month has been a busy one for Mars exploration. Several countries sent missions to the red planet in June last year, taking advantage of a launch window.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will search for signs of past microbial life.

Get ready for the Perseverance Mars rover landing with this epic NASA documentary

By Elizabeth Howell

It's "Mars madness" day for space fans NASA's Perseverance rover mission targets an epic landing today (Feb. 18). A NASA documentary takes a close look at the mission.

The sun sets below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars in this stunning view captured by NASA's Spirit rover on May 19, 2005.

NASA's Perseverance rover team will have to live on 'Mars time' after landing on the Red Planet

By Elizabeth Howell

The Perseverance team will return to a time-honored tradition at NASA these past few decades — the tradition of living on "Mars time."

Jezero Crater appears in this image from the European Space Agency's Mars Express Orbiter.

How to pronounce 'Jezero crater.' (Yes, you may be doing it wrong.)

By Doris Elin Urrutia

NASA's Mars Perseverance mission is days away from landing on Jezero Crater, a place thought to once have been an ancient lake.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will search for signs of past microbial life.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover landing: Why do we keep going back to the Red Planet?

By Elizabeth Howell

With hundreds of worlds in the solar system to explore, it's fair to ask as NASA's Perseverance rover makes its final approach for landing Thursday (Feb. 18): Why do we keep going back to Mars?

The moon and Mars will appear in a conjunction on the night of Feb. 18, 2021.

Celebrate NASA's Perseverance Mars rover landing by spotting the Red Planet near the moon tonight

By Doris Elin Urrutia

Mars may not be ready to escape the spotlight just yet, even after receiving its third Earthly mission this month.

Images of Jezero crater, where Perseverance will touch down on Mars.

Photo tour of Jezero Crater: Here's where Perseverance will land on Mars

By Jeanna Bryner

Here's a look at Mars' Jezero Crater, the gorgeous basin where the Perseverance rover is expected to touch down and look for signs of ancient microbial life.

A supersonic parachute will help slow Mars 2020's atmospheric descent to about 200 mph (320 km/h).

It's landing day on Mars! NASA's Perseverance rover will touch down on the Red Planet today

By Elizabeth Howell

It's landing day for Perseverance and all eyes are on the Red Planet.