Blues Forteana ₳ Iggy Makarevich, AAS, LMNO

r/InSightLander

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u/paulhammond5155
10 hours ago

InSight’s workspace mapped with images from the lander by Phil Stooke. ~10 days to go until the first regolith dump on the SEIS tether!

Nice work.

r/PerseveranceRover

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u/Cosmic_Surgery
3 hours ago

An ancient puddle? Wind erosion? Micro Meteorite crater? What do you think?

Excellent. I do not know. Need more info. Maybe intrigue is too strong. Or maybe not! But very nice… gets the mind humming.

r/PerseveranceRover

Posted by
u/Naetius
16 hours ago

Zoomed in image of the chute and the backshell laying on the surface of Mars (original data from HiRISE)

So nice…

Mars 360: NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover – Sol 0003 with real sounds from the surface (360video 8K)

Mars360
Feb 25, 2021

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Martian Solar Days 0003: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gives High-Definition Panoramic View of Landing Site

The images for panorama obtained by the rover’s 135-400mm Mastcam-Z camera. The mosaic, which stretches about 30,000 pixels width, includes 143 images taken on Sol 3 (February 21, 2021).

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or “head,” 360 degrees, allowing the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet on Feb 18. It was the rover’s second panorama ever, as the rover’s Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, also located on the mast, captured a 360-degree view on Feb. 20.

Mastcam-Z is a dual-camera system equipped with a zoom function, allowing the cameras to zoom in, focus, and take high-definition video, as well as panoramic color and 3D images of the Martian surface. With this capability, the robotic astrobiologist can provide a detailed examination of both close and distant objects.

The cameras will help scientists assess the geologic history and atmospheric conditions of Jezero Crater and will assist in identifying rocks and sediment worthy of a closer look by the rover’s other instruments. The cameras also will help the mission team determine which rocks the rover should sample and collect for eventual return to Earth in the future.

Stitched together from 142 images, the newly released panorama reveals the crater rim and cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance. The camera system can reveal details as small as 0.1 to 0.2 inches (3 to 5 millimeters) across near the rover and 6.5 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters) across in the distant slopes along the horizon.

The detailed composite image shows a Martian surface that appears similar to images captured by previous NASA rover missions.

“We’re nestled right in a sweet spot, where you can see different features similar in many ways to features found by Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity at their landing sites,” said Jim Bell of Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration, the instrument’s principal investigator. ASU leads operations of the Mastcam-Z instrument, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego.

Mastcam-Z’s design is an evolution of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover’s Mastcam instrument, which has two cameras of fixed focal length rather than zoomable cameras. The two cameras on Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z dual cameras are mounted on the rover’s mast at eye level for a person 6 feet, 6 inches (2 meters) tall. They sit 9.5 inches (24.1 centimeters) apart to provide stereo vision and can produce color images with a quality similar to that of a consumer digital HD camera.

A microphone attached to the Perseverance rover obtained sounds of Martian breeze from Jezero Crater on Feb. 20.

Alana Johnson / Grey Hautaluoma

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
Source images credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Stitching and retouching: Andrew Bodrov / 360pano.eu (http://bit.ly/perseverance-sol0003​)

#Mars360​ #Video360​ #360VR​ #Mars​ #Sol0003​ #Perseverance

Wow, check it out in 8K!!!

r/PerseveranceRover

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u/Naetius
5 hours ago

Perseverance landing site captured by ESA ExoMars

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Credits ESA: www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/ExoMars_orbiter_images_Perseverance_at_landing_site

Fabulous!

r/PerseveranceRover

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u/computerfreund03
1 day ago

The first 360VR of Mars by NASA’s Perseverance Rover of sounds from the surface of Red Planet

r/curiosityrover

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u/Mars360VR
1 day ago

The first 360VR of Mars by NASA’s Perseverance Rover of sounds from the surface of Red Planet

The first 360VR of Mars by NASA’s Perseverance Rover with real sounds from the surface (360video 4K)

Mars360

Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet

The images for panorama obtained by the rover’s Navigation Camera (Navcam). The mosaic, which stretches about 4000 pixels width, includes 8 images taken on Sol 0002 (February 20, 2021).

“For those who wonder how you land on Mars – or why it is so difficult – or how cool it would be to do so – you need look no further,” said acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk. “Perseverance is just getting started, and already has provided some of the most iconic visuals in space exploration history. It reinforces the remarkable level of engineering and precision that is required to build and fly a vehicle to the Red Planet.”

A microphone attached to the rover did not collect usable data during the descent, but the commercial off-the-shelf device survived the highly dynamic descent to the surface and obtained sounds from Jezero Crater on Feb. 20. About 10 seconds into the 60-second recording, a Martian breeze is audible for a few seconds, as are mechanical sounds of the rover operating on the surface.

Also released Monday was the mission’s first panorama of the rover’s landing location, taken by the two Navigation Cameras located on its mast. The six-wheeled robotic astrobiologist, the fifth rover the agency has landed on Mars, currently is undergoing an extensive checkout of all its systems and instruments.

“Now we finally have a front-row view to what we call ‘the seven minutes of terror’ while landing on Mars,” said Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which manages the mission for the agency. “From the explosive opening of the parachute to the landing rockets’ plume sending dust and debris flying at touchdown, it’s absolutely awe-inspiring.”

A key objective of Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

Alana Johnson / Grey Hautaluoma

NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Source images credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Stitching and retouching: Andrew Bodrov / 360pano.eu (bit.ly/perseverance-sol0002

Fantastic!

r/PerseveranceRover

Posted by
u/computerfreund03
1 day ago

This image shows the rovers deployed High-gain-antenna as well the chips from the “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign

mars.nasa.gov/mars20…

Yay! My names is there =D