(210218) -- WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2021 (Xinhua) -- This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover touched down safely on Mars on Thursday, kicking off the agency's ninth mission on the Red Planet. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via Xinhua) (Xinhua/NASA/JPL-Caltech via Getty Images)