Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover to date, is expected to land on the surface of Mars on Thursday, Feb. 18, around 3:55 p.m. ET.The rover has been traveling through space since launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the end of July. When it reaches Mars, Perseverance will have traveled 292.5 million miles on its journey from Earth.Perseverance is NASA’s first mission that will search for