The first images arrive moments after NASA's Perseverance Mars roverspacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS
Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
The first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is seen after its landing on Mars February 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS
Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. (NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS
NASA's Perseverance rover descends to touch down on Mars in a still image from a video camera aboard the descent stage taken February 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS
One of the six wheels aboard NASA?s Perseverance Mars rover is seen in a high-resolution, color image sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA?s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on Mars February 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS
The descent stage holding NASA?s Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere, its parachute trailing behind, in this image taken on February 18, 2021, by the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The ancient river delta, which is the target of the Perseverance mission, can be seen entering Jezero Crater from the left. Image taken February 18, 2021. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS
Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, U.S. February 18, 2021. Picture taken February 18, 2021. NASA/Bill Ingalls/Handout via REUTERS.
Perseverance rover beams back images from Mars after historic landing