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"It's a feeling of being very fortunate at the end... that I get to work at a place with people who are both great engineers and great people, and we still get to dare mighty things together." - @NASAJPL's Al Chen describes today's #CountdownToMars landing. https://t.co/KPKSgxzYMm — PolitiTweet.org

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"We hope that we will get some thumbnail movies of some of the [descent] camera images - so, that front row seat in entry, descent and landing." - @NASAJPL's Jennifer Trosper describes some of the next data that may come in later this evening from @NASAPersevere on Mars. https://t.co/LDVgQRa1Pg — PolitiTweet.org

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"There is something special about the first few days, because we have just landed a representative of the planet Earth on a place on Mars that no one has ever been to." - @NASAJPL director Mike Watkins on @NASAPersevere's view of Jezero Crater after its #CountdownToMars landing. https://t.co/NzUGJp7wAc — PolitiTweet.org

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"Every time we do a launch or we do a landing, we get two plans. One plan is the one we want to do, and then there's that second plan." - #NASAScience's @Dr_ThomasZ celebrates a successful #CountdownToMars landing by ripping up the contingency plan. https://t.co/pexxK5a07d — PolitiTweet.org

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Our acting administrator Steve Jurczyk describes the phone call he received from @POTUS following today's successful #CountdownToMars landing, congratulating the @NASAPersevere team. https://t.co/quYi6yjuv7 — PolitiTweet.org

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LIVE: Our @NASAPersevere rover has successfully landed on the Red Planet! Watch a post-landing news update from mission experts on today's #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/GIrzJXeuNk https://t.co/GIrzJXeuNk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @POTUS: Congratulations to NASA and everyone whose hard work made Perseverance’s historic landing possible. Today proved once again that… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NASAJPL: Following today's successful landing of the Perseverance Mars rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter, @NASA and JPL leadership sh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NASAPersevere: Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars https://t.co/dkM9jE9I6X — PolitiTweet.org

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"Our team now gets a chance to test, prove, & learn how [the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter] works in the actual environment of Mars. Our team can't ask for a better reward than that." Project manager Mimi Aung shares her excitement for the first ever flight test on another planet: https://t.co/AorK4tKCml — PolitiTweet.org

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"NASA works. When we put our arms together and our hands together and our brains together, we can succeed. This is what NASA does." @NASAJPL chief engineer and landing veteran Rob Manning celebrates #NASAPersevere's successful #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/Bo74pC4xLO — PolitiTweet.org

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"[@NASAPersevere survives on Mars] because of the team that performs the health and safety assessments everyday and communicates with the rover." @NASAJPL surface mission manager Jessica Samuels takes a student question about what's next for Perseverance: https://t.co/TgOYtwZdKm — PolitiTweet.org

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@keatsdidit https://t.co/v9Ea3pfDxs — PolitiTweet.org

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"What an amazing team to work through all the adversity and challenges that go with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID." Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk congratulates the @NASAPersevere team on a successful #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/cV1rsTJlsv — PolitiTweet.org

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Behold! @NASAPersevere's first image after completing her #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/pBFNk62zfi — PolitiTweet.org

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Touchdown confirmed. The #CountdownToMars is complete, but the mission is just beginning. https://t.co/UvOyXQhhN9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NASAPersevere: I’m safe on Mars. Perseverance will get you anywhere. #CountdownToMars — PolitiTweet.org

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The parachute has been deployed! @NASAPersevere is on her way to complete her #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/i29Wb4rYlo — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NASAPersevere: This is it. I’m entering the top of the Mars atmosphere. No looking back. Seven minutes to touchdown. #CountdownToMars… — PolitiTweet.org

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"The spacecraft @NASAPersevere is currently transmitting heartbeat tones — these tones indicate that Perseverance is operating normally." Swati Mohan, @NASAJPL engineer on the rover's landing team, provides a status update on the #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/D1Tx9BEYld — PolitiTweet.org

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🔴 Mars is in sight! Get the final #CountdownToMars play-by-play from @NASAPersevere — PolitiTweet.org

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"We have indication that cruise stage separation has been confirmed by the spacecraft." @NASAPersevere's landing software is about to wake up. #CountdownToMars https://t.co/2ZsCSexLft — PolitiTweet.org

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@ShelleyXinLi @NASAJPL @NASA_Persevere We are too!! 🤩❤️ — PolitiTweet.org

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"I love that this whole experience sparked a greater interest in the mission." Vaneeza Rupani, the student who named the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter that is traveling with @NASAPersevere, explains her community's excitement for the #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/PcInOzmeG6 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrsMathis117 @NASAPersevere https://t.co/DlqAU8blMV — PolitiTweet.org

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"Watching the launch invoked that sense of inspiration, mixed with anticipation — along with that rumble in my chest." Alex Mather, the student who named our rover @NASAPersevere, explains how it felt to watch the launch in person when it began its #CountdownToMars: https://t.co/WKiTPOM8Zv — PolitiTweet.org

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"It hasn't been easy. I don't think we've even all been in the same room at the same time... Thanks for literally and figuratively putting us in the right position to succeed. Let's land on Mars together." — @NASAJPL Entry, Descent, and Landing Lead Al Chen. #CountdownToMars https://t.co/bMsKw5ZEIQ — PolitiTweet.org

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"The Mars sample return campaign is... probably the most challenging thing we've ever tried to do. But we're definitely not going to try to do it alone." Planetary science lead Lori Glaze explains how international partners will help us return @NASAPersevere's samples to Earth: https://t.co/zvGHclFc6q — PolitiTweet.org

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@MsWillisScience @Shorecrest Thanks for helping inspire the next generation ❤️ — PolitiTweet.org