Perseverance successfully performs its first drive on Mars(1/2)

This handout photo released by NASA via NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Twitter account on March 8, 2021 shows wheel tracks behind the rover as it scouts a spot to drop off the Mars Helicopter, if the area gets certified as a flight zone. (Photo/Agencies)

Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020 and landed on the surface of Mars on February 18 on a mission to search for signs of past life on the Red Planet.

This handout photo released by NASA via NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Twitter account on March 8, 2021 shows wheel tracks behind the rover as it scouts a spot to drop off the Mars Helicopter, if the area gets certified as a flight zone. (Photo/Agencies)

Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020 and landed on the surface of Mars on February 18 on a mission to search for signs of past life on the Red Planet.