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Multiple Views of Perseverance's Wheels Wiggling
Taken on March 5, 2021, this color-calibrated image from a Navigation Camera aboard NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover shows tracks from the rover's first drive (darker marks in the foreground) and an area scoured by the Mars 2020 mission's descent stage rockets (lighter-colored area in the middle ground).
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance Is Moving Right Along
The imagery for this animated gif was taken on March 5, 2021, by a Navigation Camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover during its first drive on Mars.
March 5, 2021
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Rocket Scour and Wheel Prints
Taken on March 5, 2021, this color-calibrated image from a Navigation Camera aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover shows tracks from the rover’s first drive (darker marks in the foreground) and an area scoured by the Mars 2020 mission’s descent stage rockets (lighter-colored area in the middle ground).
March 5, 2021
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Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing'
NASA has named the landing site of the agency’s Perseverance rover after the science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, as seen in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
March 5, 2021
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The Road Ahead for Perseverance
This image shows two possible routes (blue and purple) to the fan-shaped deposit of sediments known as a delta for NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars. The yellow line marks a notional traverse exploring the Jezero delta.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance Hazcam First Drive
This image was captured while NASA’s Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on March 4, 2021. One of Perseverance’s Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcams) captured this image as the rover completed a short traverse and turn from its landing site in Jezero Crater.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance Drive Visualization
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory driving the agency’s Perseverance rover use visualization software to plan how the rover moves around on Mars. This clip from their visualization shows the rover’s first drive on March 4, 2021.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance Wiggles a Wheel
NASA’s Perseverance rover wiggles one of its wheels in this set of images obtained by the rover’s left Navigation Camera on March 4, 2021.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance View of the Delta in Jezero Crater
From its landing site, “Octavia E. Butler Landing,” NASA’s Perseverance rover can see a remnant of a fan-shaped deposit of sediments known as a delta (the raised area of dark brown rock in the middle ground) with its Mastcam-Z instrument.
March 5, 2021
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A Target for Perseverance's SuperCam
Taken Feb. 22, 2021, this image from the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover shows a target for analysis by the rover’s SuperCam instrument.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance's Weather Sensors Deployed
This set of images shows part of the deployment of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) wind sensors on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, taken by the rover’s Navigation Cameras on Feb. 28, 2021.
March 5, 2021
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Flexing Perseverance's Robotic Arm
This set of images shows parts of the robotic arm on NASA’s Perseverance rover flexing and turning during its first checkout after landing on Mars. These images were taken by Perseverance’s Navigation Cameras on March 3, 2021.
March 5, 2021
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Perseverance Is Roving on Mars
This image was taken during the first drive of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021. Perseverance landed on Feb. 18, 2021, and the team has been spending the weeks since landing checking out the rover to prepare for surface operations. This image was taken by the rover’s Navigation Cameras.
March 5, 2021
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How Mastcam-Z's 360-Degree Panorama Was Taken (GIF)
This GIF shows the order in which the 142 images that makeup the Mastcam-Z’s first 360-degree panorama were taken. Mastcam-Z is a pair of zoomable cameras on the mast, or “head,” of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.
March 4, 2021
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LCAM Views the Heat Shield After Being Released From Mars 2020 Spacecraft
This image was taken by the Lander Vision System Camera (LCAM) of NASA’s Perseverance rover as the rover descended through the Martian atmosphere on Feb. 18, 2021. The camera served as part of the Terrain-Relative Navigation system, a kind of autopilot that helps the spacecraft avoid hazards as it lands.
March 4, 2021
