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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
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'Something we've never seen' - Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

The image of the dangling science lab, striking for its clarity and sense of motion, marks the first such close-up photo of a spacecraft landing on Mars, or any planet beyond Earth

Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing
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Mars rover beams back selfie from moment before landing

Perseverance rover sent to Mars. Photo: Reuters
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NASA rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing

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NASA rover lands on Mars looking for life

NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
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NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars

NASA's Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
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UAE’s ‘Hope’ probe sends home first image of Mars

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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NASA rover faces 'seven minutes of terror' before landing on Mars

The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
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Uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit

Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences, speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe's entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Christopher Pike
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UAE's Hope Probe enters orbit in first Arab Mars mission

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UAE on edge as ‘Hope’ probe poised to enter Mars orbit

The first image of Mars taken by China's Tianwen-1 unmanned probe is seen in this handout image released by China National Space Administration (CNSA) February 5, 2021. CNSA/Handout via REUTERS
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Mars ready for its close-up: China releases space probe's first image

Photo: The Independent
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Liquid bodies found under surface of Mars