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Exploring the Jezero Crater Delta
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You Can’t See That From Here
The Perseverance rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to shoot video of the Martian moon Phobos eclipsing the Sun. This is the tightest, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface.
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Sound on Mars
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Open Mic On Mars
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Some Sound from Mars
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A Helicopter on Mars
Nighttime temperatures at Jezero Crater on Mars can drop to -90 C which can damage unprotected electrical components and ruin batteries. However, the Ingenuity helicopter survived its first night after being deployed from the Perseverance rover on 3 April. If all goes well, Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to attempt powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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A Landing Site on Mars
The day after the Perseverance rover landed on Mars, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this picture of the landing site. The image shows the location of the Mars 2020 mission descent stage, heat shield, and parachute and back shell that delivered Perseverance to the surface of Mars as well as the rover itself on the floor of Jezero Crater. Each the inset box spans is about 200 m across. Perseverance is located at the center of the pattern created by rocket exhaust from the the descent stage while it hovered and lowered the rover to the surface. After lowering the rover, the descent stage itself flew off, crashing a safe distance from the rover. After their separation in the landing sequence, the heat shield, parachute, and back shell fell to their own impact sites.
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Landing on Mars
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Coming Soon to a Nearby Planet
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Jezero Crater on Mars
ESA put together this video of Jezero crater, the landing site for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the Red Plane using images from its Mars Express mission.
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