A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2020. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

The first images arrive moments after NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on February 18, 2021. NASA TV/Handout via REUTERS

Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on February 18, 2021. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team watch in mission control as the first images arrive moments after the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on February 18, 2021. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on February 18, 2021. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team study data on monitors in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on February 18, 2021. NASA/Handout via REUTERS

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. AP/PTI Photo

Perseverance rover is shown to be lowered to Martian surface by jet-powered “sky crane” descent vehicle in this illustration handout. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

Perseverance rover is shown to be lowered to Martian surface by jet-powered “sky crane” descent vehicle in this illustration handout. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, the biggest, heaviest, most advanced vehicle sent to the Red Planet by NASA, is seen on Mars in an illustration provided by Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

The entry, descent and landing (EDL) sequence of the Perseverance rover on Mars, set for February 18, 2021, is shown in this illustration handout. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover vehicle takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2020. NASA/Handout via REUTERS