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Description: On July 30th 2020, NASA launched the next generation of robotic explorers to the red planet, Mars. For around seven months, the Perseverance rover travelled through the cold darkness of space, until on the 18th of February 2021, it arrived and began its 7 minutes of terror. Striking the thin dusty martian atmosphere at nearly 12,500 miles per hour, which 20,000 kilometres an hour, the spacecraft slammed on its brakes, reduced its speed and thankfully settled safely on the sands of another world. Now the fun starts. youtube.com/channel/UC_MTPqgFSm_8WUWaCHIfUgQ/join I'm on PATREON! You can help support my channel and gain added perks! Join the community and become a V101 member or Patron today - youtube.com/channel/UC_MTPqgFSm_8WUWaCHIfUgQ/join patreon.com/V101Science **REMEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MUCH MORE TO COME** Subscribe - youtube.com/c/V101Science Facebook - facebook.com/V101Science Instagram - instagram.com/v101__science Music attribution - "Heart Of The Sun" by Simon Wilkinson at thebluemask.com (Purchased License) #V101Spacefix