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Mars 2020 Landing Site: Jezero Crater Flyover

2 minutes, 13 seconds

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Mars rover sits next to an image of Mars beneath title card that reads, "Mars 2020 Landing Site: Jezero Crater Flyover." NASA icon at bottom is labeled, "Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Institute of Technology."

An animated flyover of the Martian surface explains why Mars' Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide ancient lake-delta system, is the best place for Mars 2020 to find and collect promising samples for a possible future return to Earth.

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