The Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars. What's next?

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(CNN)The NASA Perseverance rover is now on a journey to Mars. It will take between 6.5 and seven months before the rover lands on the red planet in February 2021. "The mission has 314 million miles of interplanetary space and seven minutes of terror to get safely onto the surface of Mars," said Lori Glaze, director of NASA's planetary science division, in a statement. "When we see the landscape at Jezero Crater for the first time and we truly begin to realize the scientific bounty before us, the fun really begins." You can check in on the spacecraft at any time using a real-time tracker provided by NASA's Eyes on the Solar System app or its solar system interactive. Here's what to expect for...

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