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Raring to rove: Perseverance to land at Mars on Feb. 18
With under a million miles yet to travel and days to go, the Mars 2020 mission’s Perseverance craft zips smoothly through space at 48,000 mph on the last leg of an eight-month, 120-million-mile journey to our neighboring red planet.
The spacecraft remains ready, healthy and raring to rove, according to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
On Feb. 18, Perseverance will enter the top of the Martian atmosphere, where it will endure high temperatures and a 7-minute harrowing ride, before it lands gently at Jezero Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Provided