NASA has released incredible images of the Perseverance rover landing in the Jazero crater on Mars, on February 18, 2021. In a presentation broadcast live by NASA, it was explained in detail about cameras used for proper recording.
The images are historic, as for the first time high-resolution photos and videos of a rover landing on the red planet were recorded.
"For those wondering how you land on Mars - or why it's so difficult - or how cool it would be to do it - look no further", said Acting NASA Steve Jurczyk.
“Perseverance is just getting started and has already provided some of the most iconic visuals in the history of space exploration. It reinforces the remarkable level of engineering and precision that is required to build and fly a vehicle to the Red Planet.”
Perseverance was launched in July 2020 and traveled 472 million kilometers between Earth and Mars, the journey to our neighboring planet took seven months.
The mission:
Perseverance aims to search for ancient microbial life in the floor of the crater, which was once the site of a large lake.
The equipment is actually a geological laboratory, some experiments will be carried out, one of them is the collection of Martian materials that will be kept so that a future mission can fetch such materials and bring them to Earth.
One of several experiments will be the use of MOXE, a device that will try to transform carbon dioxide into oxygen.
"Perseverance's sophisticated science instruments will not only aid in the hunt for fossilized microbial life, but will also expand our knowledge of Martian geology and its past, present and future.", said Ken Farley, project scientist for Mars 2020 at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif.
“Our science team has been busy planning how best to work with what we anticipate will be a cutting-edge data hose. This is the kind of 'problem' we are looking forward to”.
Another novelty at Perseverance is the presence of a mini-helicopter, the Ingenuity, which will be the first drone to fly on another planet. The Ingenuity drone flight should take place in 60 days and its mission is to prove whether or not a flight like this is possible on the planet.
Visit more (raw) footage of the Perseverance landing!
Source of : NASA/ Editions: Aeroflap
