The mission heralds a new era in Mars exploration, and to celebrate the successful touchdown, Google set off fireworks – on its search engine, that is.

A simple search for Perseverance will launch an easter egg of virtual pyrotechnics to your search results page.

While the Perseverance mission is scheduled to last for one Mars year – the equivalent to about 687 Earth days – there's no saying how long Google's celebration will stick around, so go check out the show while we await something that might really knock our socks off.