The American space agency’s Mars explorer, Perseverance, landed successfully on the Red Planet Thursday after a seven-month trip. The six-wheeled explorer, or rover, is on a NASA mission to collect Martian soil and rocks as part of the search for signs of ancient life. Ground controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California cheered after receiving confirmation of the landing on Mars. It took 11-and-one-half minutes for the confirmation signal to reach Earth. Moments later, controllers received the rover’s first pictures of Mars. Perseverance landed in an area of Mars called Jezero Crater, just north of the planet’s equator. The area contains a large ancient lakebed.
Title: NASA Explorer Successfully Lands on Mars
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<span data-start-time='28604' data-end-time='41333'>Ground controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California cheered after receiving confirmation of the landing on Mars.</span> <span data-start-time='41333' data-end-time='49250'> It took 11-and-one-half minutes for the confirmation signal to reach Earth.</span> <span data-start-time='49250' data-end-time='57375'>Moments later, controllers received the rover’s first pictures of Mars.</span> <span data-start-time='57375' data-end-time='68292'>Perseverance landed in an area of Mars called Jezero Crater, just north of the planet’s equator. </span> <span data-start-time='68292' data-end-time='73708'>The area contains a large ancient lakebed.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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