There was an eruption of applause as relieved NASA scientists learned that the Mars rover Perseverance had landed safely on the Red Planet.
After a nearly 300million mile journey, Mission Control back on Earth watched with bated breath as the craft touched down without a hitch.
The rover, which is said to be in "great shape" after the landing, was launched from Cape Canaveral Florida, last July. Its mission is to search the ancient Martian environment for signs that life once existed on the planet.
The seven-month space voyage, officially named Mars 2020, has been nine years in the making. Not long after its successful landing, the rover began sending remarkable pictures from the surface of the alien lake it had landed on.
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