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Mars landing: Excitement builds over new images from Nasa Perseverance rover – BBC News
The rover touched down successfully on Thursday in Mars’ Jezero Crater.
By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent
media caption”Touchdown confirmed”: Watch the moment of landing
The American space agency is expected to release new photos from its Perseverance rover shortly.
There was huge excitement at Nasa when its one-tonne robot touched down in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Thursday.
Satellites have since been flying over the ($2.7bn/£1.9bn) vehicle to pull off data to relay back to Earth.
Among all this information should be further views from the rover – of its surroundings,…
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