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-EFE/NASA/Bill Ingalls HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa09022968 A handout photo made available by NASA shows members of NASA?s Perseverance rover team reacting in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA, 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-EFE/NASA/BILL INGALLS HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: (NASA/BILL INGALLS) HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa09024690 A handout photo made available by NASA shows the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing, on 18 February 2021 (issued 19 February 2021). A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. 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-EFE/NASA/JPL-Caltech HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epa09024689 A handout photo made available by NASA shows a high-resolution image of one of the six wheels aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on 18 February 2021 (issued 19 February 2021). The image was taken by one of Perseverance's color Hazard Cameras (Hazcams). 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-EFE/NASA/JPL-Caltech HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES