The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that its Perseverance rover has landed on Mars. <br /><br />"Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars," NASA said in a tweet.<br /><br /> Perseverance, which was launched on July 30, 2020, will search for signs of ancient microbial life, collect carefully selected rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) samples for a future return to Earth. <br /><br />It will characterise Mars' geology and climate, and pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon. This is NASA's fifth Mars rover and agency's ninth mission for the Red planet. <br /><br />The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is also carrying along a technology experiment -- the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter -- which will attempt the first powered and controlled flight on another planet.
