{"id":146222,"date":"2021-02-18T16:26:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T21:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=146222"},"modified":"2021-02-18T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:01:15","slug":"see-it-first-photos-of-mars-from-nasas-perseverance-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-first-photos-of-mars-from-nasas-perseverance-rover\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE IT: First Photos Of Mars From NASA\u2019s Perseverance Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsee-it-first-photos-of-mars-from-nasas-perseverance-rover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=146222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231206230-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>As part of NASA\u2019s search for signs of life on Marks \u2014 and their most ambitious attempt since the Viking missions in the 1970s \u2014 the <em>Perseverance<\/em> rover landed safely on Mars at 15:55 Eastern Time. After traveling for almost seven months since leaving Earth, the rover transmitted its first photo of the planet\u2019s surface.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On its Twitter account, \u201cNASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars Rover\u201d tweeted \u201cHello world. My first look at my forever home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkM9jE9I6X\">pic.twitter.com\/dkM9jE9I6X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362507436611956736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The rover, which is equipped with instruments designed to allow NASA to identify evidence of fossilized life, landed in the 28 mile-wide Jezero Crater near the planet\u2019s equator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/science-environment-56101496\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cBillions of years ago, when Mars was wetter, Jezero held a lake that could have supported primitive microbial organisms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soon after its first post, the NASA Perseverance Mars Rover account tweeted its second photograph, saying \u201cAnd another look behind me. Welcome to Jezero Crater.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And another look behind me. Welcome to Jezero Crater. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dbU3dhm6VZ\">pic.twitter.com\/dbU3dhm6VZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362508307529785346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>NASA\u2019s Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk congratulated the NASA Perseverance team on its successful touchdown, saying: \u201cWhat an amazing team to work through all the adversity and challenges that go with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;What an amazing team to work through all the adversity and challenges that go with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk congratulates the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NASAPersevere<\/a> team on a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cV1rsTJlsv\">pic.twitter.com\/cV1rsTJlsv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1362508627387551745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The last time NASA landed a rover on Mars was in 2012, with <em>Curiosity<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The progress of NASA\u2019s <em>Perseverance<\/em> was described by the rover\u2019s account on Twitter, including: \u201c<\/span><span>This is it. I\u2019m entering the top of the Mars atmosphere. No looking back. Seven minutes to touchdown,\u201d and: \u201cHere goes! Lighting the engines on my \u2018jetpack\u2019 for final descent. Wheels down in less than a minute.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is it. I\u2019m entering the top of the Mars atmosphere. No looking back. Seven minutes to touchdown. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q4LcKcPfpr\">pic.twitter.com\/q4LcKcPfpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362504436610985985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Feeling the heat, and the Gs! I\u2019m past peak heating and deceleration. Now in guided entry phase, maneuvering to zero in on my landing target.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TbNAFBRGWf\">pic.twitter.com\/TbNAFBRGWf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362504735333359616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boom! Just fired my parachute and felt the jolt as it opened. Slowing down even more.<\/p>\n<p>Speed: ~950 mph (~1500 kph)<br \/>Altitude: ~7 miles (~11 km)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hvp5oTla2Y\">pic.twitter.com\/Hvp5oTla2Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362505307197370368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoosh \u2013 I\u2019ve ditched my heat shield and am looking straight at Mars for the first time! Just over 2 mins to landing.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzxMCjh0TE\">pic.twitter.com\/kzxMCjh0TE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362505438302928896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radar locked and cameras on. Looking for a safe spot for touchdown. About to cut free from a perfectly good parachute. I\u2019m all in.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eilc5Zq3ZW\">pic.twitter.com\/Eilc5Zq3ZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362505581488082945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here goes! Lighting the engines on my \u201cjetpack\u201d for final descent. Wheels down in less than a minute.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQKPEBGr0o\">pic.twitter.com\/AQKPEBGr0o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362505848228958209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Then, after safely landing, NASA\u2019s <em>Perseverance<\/em> announced its arrival on Mars, saying: \u201cI\u2019m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1362506126839848961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Because of a one-way time delay of 11 minutes, the <span><em>Perseverance<\/em><\/span> rover was required to effectively land itself without help from NASA, during what they refer to as the \u201cseven minutes of terror.\u201d After the ground teams instruct the craft to being its entry, descent and landing sequence (EDL), mission control is left with nothing to do but wait.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/nasa-mars-rover-landing-02-18-21\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, \u201cThe spacecraft hits the top of the Martian atmosphere moving at 12,000 miles per hour and has to slow down to zero miles per hour seven minutes later when the rover softly lands on the surface.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheers and applause broke out in the relieved NASA control room in Pasadena, California when the rover finally touched down on Mars\u2019 surface.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Touchdown confirmed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CountdownToMars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CountdownToMars<\/a> is complete, but the mission is just beginning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UvOyXQhhN9\">pic.twitter.com\/UvOyXQhhN9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1362507074807205909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alongside the&nbsp;<em>Ingenuity&nbsp;<\/em>helicopter drone, the <em>Perseverance<\/em>&nbsp;rover is part of <em>Mars 2020<\/em>, the latest Mars rover mission by NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program. The mission was announced on December 4, 2012 at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, and launched on July 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>During the July 2020 Mars launch window, two additional missions were sent toward Mars before <em>Mars 2020<\/em>, launched by the national space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (Hope orbiter) and China (Tianwen-1).<\/p>\n<p>NASA are estimated to have spent nearly $2.2 billion on the <em>Perseverance&nbsp;<\/em>rover alone, having planned to invest approximately $2.8 billion in the <em>Mars 2020<\/em> mission over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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