Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars: Recapping NASA Team's 'Seven Minutes of Terror'
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Several scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California were exuberant about Perseverance’s safe landing. Meet the team that made it possible.
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In this photo provided by NASA, members of the Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The landing of the six-wheeled vehicle would mark the third visit to Mars in just over a week. Two spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates and China swung into orbit around the planet on successive days last week. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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In this photo provided by NASA, members of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)
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Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
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Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
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Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
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Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS