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Empire State Illuminated for Mars Perseverance
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The Empire State Building is illuminated in red to celebrate this Thursday's scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 in New York City. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEmpire State Illuminated for Mars Perseverance. NASA/HQ, 2021-02-16. Public domain. ID: NHQ202102160052.
