NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing

This reel depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars on February 18, 2021. In the span of about seven minutes, the spacecraft slows down from about 12,100 mph (19,500 kph) at the top of the Martian atmosphere to about 2 mph (3 kph) at touchdown in an area called Jezero Crater.