NASA releases Mars landing video: 'Stuff of our dreams'
February 21, 2021
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface.
The quality was so good — and the images so breathtaking — that members of the rover team said they felt like they were riding along.
"It gives me goosebumps every time I see it, just amazing," said Dave Gruel, head of the entry and descent camera team.
The Perseverance rover landed last Thursday near an ancient river d...
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