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Cheering for Perseverance Landing

Team members inside a mission support area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California

February 18, 2021

Inside a mission support area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, Mars 2020 Perseverance team members displayed their joy as the spacecraft successfully completed a complex series of steps to safely touch down on the Martian surface.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020 .

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