Audio: NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

Updated: Feb 18, 2021 / 11:05 PM EST

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars.

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