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NASA’s Perseverance rover gears up to land on Mars in ‘seven minutes of terror’ – ABC News
After a seven-month journey, the Perseverance rover will attempt to land on the Red Planet tomorrow morning (AEDT). And even though NASA has done this before, it…
NASA is gearing up for “seven minutes of terror” as it prepares to land a new robotic rover on the surface of Mars.
After a seven-month journey, Perseverance will attempt to land on the Red Planet, sending the first signals back about 7:55am (AEDT) tomorrow.
To be successful, the SUV-sized spacecraft will need to complete a complex series of steps made famous by Curiosity, the last rover to land on Mars in 2012.
But while Perseverance looks like its predecessor, its mission is very different.
Perseverance…
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