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NASA says Perseverance videos provide a ‘treasure trove’ of details about the alien world.
![In this illustration made available by NASA, The aeroshell containing the Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere. [NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21048607368905.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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Described as NASA’s most ambitious Mars mission, the rover will be used to search for signs of ancient life.
What you need to know about NASA’s latest mission, the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.
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In a crater left by an ancient lake, the Perseverance rover will hunt for traces of microbial life.
![As families around the world welcome the Year of the Ox, traditional celebrations and travel have once again been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic [File: Ng Han Guan/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AP_21031384013158.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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China’s space agency releases video footage two days after its Mars probe successfully entered the red planet’s orbit.
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Tianwen-1 entered the orbit after almost a seven-month journey, hoping to explore the planet over 90 days.
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The feat makes UAE the fifth space agency in the world to reach the planet while it plans for a Mars settlement by 2117.
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Deep-space ventures by the UAE, US and China will arrive at Earth’s planetary neighbour this month.
![SpaceX placed 60 more satellites in orbit on Thursday to beam broadband service to rural and underserved parts of the United States, with another batch set for launch from a Florida facility Friday, according to the company’s Twitter feed [File: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/367813366.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Critics say SpaceX should not have received subsidies from the United States Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
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The Starship SN9 is a test model of a heavy-lift rocket that Space X hopes will carry humans on future missions to Mars.
![Details of billionaire Jared Isaacman's ride in a SpaceX Dragon capsule are still being worked out, including the number of days the four people will be in orbit after blasting off from the United States [File: Chris O'Meara/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20318696490715.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Jared Isaacman said he aims to use the private trip to raise $200m for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.