1.8K views · 50 reactions | TOUCHDOWN ON MARS: New video, shot by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s “Perseverance,” shows the rover as it lands on Mars. From the parachute deploying, to the heat shield separating, the ground gets closer and closer until the rover slowly drops onto the surface of the red planet. https://cbsn.ws/3qPwBd6 | CBS Evening News | Facebook

969K views · 14K reactions | NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover...

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