LOS ANGELES (NewsNation Now) — NewsNation reporter Gene Kang stopped by NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab as the agency celebrated a successful rover launch years in the making. “Touchdown confirmed!

3:53 p.m.: Perseverance parachute has deployed to help control its descent to Mars. The spacecraft is now traveling at subsonic speeds. Here goes! Lighting the engines on my “jetpack” for final ...

After months of travel, the Mars Rover Perseverance is ready to land on the surface of the red planet. The landing took place in February 2021.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Perseverance rover takes a selfie on Mars on Sept. 10, 2021. - NASA / JPL-Caltech The oddly sculpted rock, nicknamed ...

Nasa’s Perseverance rover has uncovered new evidence of chemical activity on Mars that could suggest the planet was once habitable. Samples of mudstones from the Jezero crater – an ancient basin long ...