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epa09024808 A handout photo made available by NASA shows an image of the descent stage holding NASA's Perseverance rover falling through the Martian atmosphere, its parachute trailing behind, in this image taken on 18 February 2021, by the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and shown during a NASA Perseverance rover initial surface checkout briefing, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 19 February 2021. The Perseverance Mars rover landed on Mars on 18 February 2021. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. EPA/NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES