Dramatic footage shows how NASA's Perseverance landed on Mars Issued on: The high-resolution still shows the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. - NASA/JPL-CALTECH/AFP 3 min NASA has released a new video of the landing of the Perseverance rover in the 45-km wide Jezero crater on the Martian surface Advertising Read more According to a NASA statement, the video taken by a high definition camera aboard the spacecraft, shows the descent and touchdown of the rover in the crater. NASA’s latest Martian probe successfully landed on the Red Planet on February 18. The six-wheeled rover, which is equipped with seven instruments will: