NASA's Mars 2020 rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions to retrieve, as seen in this illustration. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The first images arrive moments after Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars on February 18, 2021. Nasa TV via Reuters
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. Nasa via AP
The second image sent by the Perseverance rover showing the surface of Mars, just after landing in the Jezero crater. Nasa via AP
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 on February 18, 2021. Nasa via Reuters
This artist's concept depicts Nasa's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. Nasa/JPL-Caltech
This image shows the remains of an ancient delta in Mars' Jezero Crater, which Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover will explore for signs of fossilized microbial life. ESA
The successful landing of the Perseverance could answer the age-old question of whether life ever existed on the red planet. AFP
This artist's concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. Scientists in Germany have found a way to grow bacteria under Mars-like conditions. Nasa / JPL-Caltech
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions to retrieve, as seen in this illustration. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The first images arrive moments after Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars on February 18, 2021. Nasa TV via Reuters
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. Nasa via AP
The second image sent by the Perseverance rover showing the surface of Mars, just after landing in the Jezero crater. Nasa via AP
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 on February 18, 2021. Nasa via Reuters
This artist's concept depicts Nasa's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. Nasa/JPL-Caltech
This image shows the remains of an ancient delta in Mars' Jezero Crater, which Nasa's Perseverance Mars rover will explore for signs of fossilized microbial life. ESA
The successful landing of the Perseverance could answer the age-old question of whether life ever existed on the red planet. AFP
This artist's concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. Scientists in Germany have found a way to grow bacteria under Mars-like conditions. Nasa / JPL-Caltech
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions to retrieve, as seen in this illustration. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech