NASA to attempt landing Perseverance rover on Mars this week

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA is two days away from attempting its most precise Mars landing ever.

Back in July, the Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station back.

Now, the 300-million mile journey is almost complete.

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It’s also the shortest part of the Mars 2020 mission: Entry, descent and landing. Perseverance will travel at nearly 12,000 mph at the top of the Martian atmosphere and ends a few minutes later with Perseverance stationary on the surface of Mars.

NASA has said no Mars landing is guaranteed, but the team has been preparing a decade to put the rover’s wheels down on the surface.

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