After A Successful Landing On Mars, NASA Rover Undergoes A Systems Checkout
Following a 300 million-mile voyage through space and a dangerous drop to the surface, Perseverance will be put through its paces before getting to a search for ancient Martian life.
After traveling nearly 300 million miles and surviving a heart-stopping 7-minute descent to the surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is preparing to get down to the real science – looking for signs of ancient life on the red planet.
On Thursday, Perseverance shed its "cruise stage" and began a blistering 12,000 mph drop to the Martian surface.
To cheers of joy at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
