FIRST VIDEO OF PERSEVERANCE LANDING ON MARS RELEASED BY NASA (WATCH)

Tue 23 February 2021:

The U.S. space agency NASA on Monday released the first video of the landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars.

The video clip, lasting three minutes and 25 seconds, showed the deployment of the parachute and the rover’s touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet.

Your front-row seat to my Mars landing is here. Watch how we did it.#CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/Avv13dSVmQ

— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021

A little rocking, a little engine throttling, and a gentle lowering to the ground. @NASAJPL Entry, Descent, and Landing lead explains what @NASAPersevere saw as she touched down on the surface of Mars: pic.twitter.com/gc7NdC0od2

— NASA (@NASA) February 22, 2021

“It’s been a firehose of data.”

Justin Maki, @NASAPersevere imaging scientist and instrument operations team chief, reveals a full panorama the rover captured from the surface of Mars: pic.twitter.com/rPExz93glk

— NASA (@NASA) February 22, 2021

You might have seen photos from Mars, but have you seen high-speed video?

🤩 We captured our @NASAPersevere rover’s final minutes of descent and landing in a way never seen before. Take a look: https://t.co/CQQtlWAzNF pic.twitter.com/uR3dtocwLF

— NASA (@NASA) February 23, 2021

“These are really amazing videos,” said Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “This is the first time we’ve ever been able to capture an event like the landing on Mars.”

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