Updated at 4:48 p.m. ET
It has been a long journey for Perseverance, NASA’s latest Mars rover, which landed safely on the red planet at 3:55 p.m. ET.
“I’m safe on Mars,” the rover announced on Twitter upon its arrival. “Perseverance will get you anywhere.”
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