Good morning. More than 500,000 people in the US have now died from coronavirus, just over a year since the country detected its first case. That is more than the population of Miami, Colorado Springs or Minneapolis. It’s also more than the number of Americans who died in the second world war, Korea and Vietnam. In a primetime address to the nation last night, Joe Biden urged people “to resist becoming numb to the sorrow”, before a holding a.
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Ever wondered what it would be like to get marooned on Mars? These photos may provide a clue. The pictures were captured as the rover landed but the camera hadn t been calibrated.
NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the big orange-and-white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface.
The footage was so good and the images so breathtaking that members of the rover team said they felt like they were riding along.
“It gives me goose bumps every time I see it, just amazing,” said Dave Gruel, head of the entry and descent camera team.
The Perseverance rover landed on Thursday last week near an ancient river delta in Jezero