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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
On Feb. 18, NASA safely landed a rover on what planet?
A
Jupiter
B
Saturn
C
Mars
D
Mercury
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California celebrate landing NASA’s fifth–and most ambitious–rover on Mars.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confirmation that the rover successfully landed on Mars was received on February 18, 2021, at 20:55 UTC. As of 10 February 2023, Perseverance has been active on Mars for 703 sols (722 Earth days, or 1 year, 11 months and 23 days) since its landing.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massive airbags, and jetpacks to set spacecraft safely on the surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Active. Curiosity of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by NASA, was launched November 26, 2011 and landed at the Aeolis Palus plain near Aeolis Mons (informally “Mount Sharp") in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. The Curiosity rover is still operational as of February 2023.

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