LOS ANGELES (NewsNation Now) — NewsNation reporter Gene Kang stopped by NASA’s Jet Propulsion lab as the agency celebrated a successful rover launch years in the making. “Touchdown confirmed!

3:53 p.m.: Perseverance parachute has deployed to help control its descent to Mars. The spacecraft is now traveling at subsonic speeds. Here goes! Lighting the engines on my “jetpack” for final ...

Update: Perseverance is safe on the surface of Mars! The headline has been updated to reflect the news. NASA crew celebrating the landing of rover Perseverance on Mars. Image Credits: NASA There will ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the planet’s past and its interactions with space objects. The rover has been ...

NASA is about to lock in a verdict on how long its Perseverance rover can keep working on Mars, and the answer will shape the next decade of planetary exploration. Engineers have spent the past year ...