19 Feb 2021

NASA lands perserverance on Mars

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 19 February 2021

NASA's rover Perseverance has this morning successfully landed on Mars.

Perseverance has spent seven months travelling from Earth, and is NASA's most ambitious attempt at searching for signs of life on the red planet.

Meriana Johnsen spoke to the editor at space.com, Tariq Malik, about the significance of the expedition.