Red Planet Rodeo

Mars Perseverance rover wouldn't exist without these 6 groundbreaking missions — look

3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Liftoff!

by Jennifer Walter
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NASA via Giphy

Perseverance, NASA’s rover that landed on Mars in February, is looking for signs of ancient microbial life and determining if the Red Planet is habitable for humans.

But its ambitious mission wouldn’t be doable without the rovers, landers, and orbiters that came before it.

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