--- description: Perseverance's touchdown on Mars now seems all the more spectacular, thanks to just-released footage from NASA/ title: Watch the Perseverance Rover Land on Mars in New NASA Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa3f0e595d8b125/698a176eb21a9ce11c5048f1/rover_drop.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Perseverance Rover Land on Mars in This Newly Released NASA Video  by [Jeffrey Kluger](/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Feb 22, 2021 9:02 PM CUT  The Perseverance rover is lowered to the surface of Mars on Feb. 18 in image captured by the spacecraft's descent stage. The Perseverance rover is lowered to the surface of Mars on Feb. 18 in image captured by the spacecraft's descent stage.NASA/JPL-Caltech  by [Jeffrey Kluger](/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Feb 22, 2021 9:02 PM CUT When the Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, NASA controllers had only the data-stream coming back from the spacecraft to confirm that the hair-raising descent was going as planned. It was only when they got the “weight on wheels” signal—the confirmation that the rover was on the ground and supporting itself—that they knew the landing was a success. Now, just four days later, NASA has released footage of the landing captured by multiple cameras on both the spacecraft itself and the “sky crane” descent stage that lowered the rover the last 21 meters (70 ft.) to the ground. A spectacular landing now seems all the more so. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5941589/perseverance-landing-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5941589/perseverance-landing-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Perseverance Rover Land on Mars in This Newly Released NASA Video","datePublished":"2021-02-22T21:02:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T09:43:07.879Z","description":"Multiple cameras capture dramatic touchdown","url":"https://time.com/5941589/perseverance-landing-video/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa3f0e595d8b125/698a176eb21a9ce11c5048f1/rover_drop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeffrey Kluger","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa3f0e595d8b125/698a176eb21a9ce11c5048f1/rover_drop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rover_drop","caption":"The Perseverance rover is lowered to the surface of Mars on Feb. 18 in image captured by the spacecraft's descent stage.","creditText":"NASA/JPL-Caltech","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5941589/perseverance-landing-video/","name":"Watch the Perseverance Rover Land on Mars in This Newly Released NASA Video"}}]}] ```