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NASA's Robot Set To Land On Mars Today Looking For Signs Of Life

After traveling millions of kilometers in space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is set to land the agency's fifth robot on the Red Planet Thursday to find signs of past life there.

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the mission is managed, have confirmed that the Rovers spacecraft is healthy and on target to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3:55 p.m. EST.

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