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In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA's Perseverance rover slows down using the drag generated by plunging through the Martian atmosphere. Hundreds of critical events must be executed perfectly for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021.
Credits: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California will credential a limited number of media for on-site access to cover the Feb. 18, 2021, landing of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The mission and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter technology experiment riding along with the rover are managed by JPL for NASA.
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