# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cozy0_Nj3Qw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/4133281-nasa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/85a860ba57.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-02-18T15:59:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Happy 2nd landiversary, Perseverance! 🥳️⁣
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On Feb. 18, 2021, a new six-wheeled explorer touched down on the surface of the Red Planet after an ambitious (and nerve-racking) entry, descent, and landing.⁣
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Here’s to more years of science and trailblazing on Mars!⁣
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Video description: This footage from high-definition cameras aboard the spacecraft starts 7 miles (11 kilometers) above the dusty red surface of Mars; shows the supersonic deployment of a huge red-and-white parachute, the most massive parachute ever sent to another world; continues with the rover’s touchdown in the crater; and ends with the descent stage, the rocket-powered device that lowered the rover safely, flying away.⁣
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech⁣
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#Perseverance #MarsRover #Mars #science #landiversary #NASA #JPL #Mars2020 #space #robot

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## Tags

marsrover, science, nasa, landiversary, space, robot, mars, perseverance, mars2020, jpl

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