Mars rover: Nasa Perseverance's rover touches down - BBC News

Watch the moment the Nasa Perseverance rover landed on Mars.
Engineers at Nasa's mission control in California erupted with joy when confirmation of touchdown came through, as their vehicle landed in a deep crater near the planet's equator called Jezero.

The crater is thought to have held a giant lake billions of years ago. And where there's been water, there's the possibility there might also have been life.

The robot will now spend at least the next two years drilling into the local rocks, looking for evidence that Mars had life on its surface.

“Every time we do one of these missions, we make fabulous discoveries and each one is more exciting than the last,” said the director of Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mike Watkins.

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[thememeestfilmbuff]

*Perseverance:* “I am lucky. I was able to escape the earth and how it’s currently doing.”

[Kramlets]

Judging by the delay this guy must be broadcasting from Mars...

[theylied]

As an America this is a victory for the U.K. as well. There are British engineers in mission control.

[amirmoezz]

Let's take a look at the experts comments 🤔

[fisken]

Mate I go to Mars every time I light up a joint

[albertxtc]

Hmmm... how do we know they actually did it this time ?

[chudchadanstud]

Way to ruin it by getting Twitter involved.

[billysteele]

Despite the economic crisis this is the best time to invest in crypto currency.

[vo]

That’s great news. The bbc missed out, the chance to introduce the bbc Mars correspondent team!!

[donaldduck]

In the USA the Engineers who design and develop these things are regarded as geniuses, in the UK Engineers are regarded as unskilled. Leading the field in undermining Engineers in the UK is without doubt the BBC who continually refer to engineers as unskilled. I've complained twice, there responses were along the lines of the public perceive engineers as unskilled and their job is to reflect public opinion.
Personally I've had enough of the BBC, I have my own business working in R&D etc, I studies astronautics engineering and I wouldn't entertain the idea of being interviewed by these idiots. I just wish more engineers had the balls to tell the BBC where to go.

Reference ​ aiaa-2010-2184 - mars magnus aerobot preliminary design. A paper for a NASA conference, my name is on it, good enough for you Peter Barton?

[farheenshafat]

Love to all the people who working for it.💟😚

[reetpateet]

Amazing result ! Wish we could get a decent mobile signal on earth though! 😂

[dugnuttbinnie]

I couldn't even get my Rover out of the garage!!

[joshuajames]

yet 25, 000 people die of starvation every day on planet earth - have we really got our priorities right?

[johnboafo]

I wish to on mars with perseverance so as to be away from coronavirus.
Perseverance: I am safe on mars cuz there is no coronavirus here.You guys can deal your own virus.

[SingleTrack]

Why does the woman interrupt and talk over everyone.

[christopherdodds]

NASA has already found one clear sign of intelligence on Mars. No one watches the BBC there.

[DrPowerElectronics]

Great News! Well done NASA. It’s about all the real science not just little green men!

[BarnabyWild]

Someone do a documentary on this event please.

[AaronJCassidy]

This is a victory for all of humanity. It is in these instances that our species can come together, and celebrate a communal success.