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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
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Perseverance's LCAM Views the Heat Shield During Descent
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.
March 4, 2021
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How Mastcam-Z's 360-Degree Panorama Was Taken (Still)
This image shows the 142 images that make up Mastcam-Z’s first 360-degree panorama. 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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HiRISE Views Perseverance After Landing
The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of the Perseverance rover on Feb. 24, 2021.
March 4, 2021
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Perseverance's Mastcam-Z First High-Resolution Panorama
Stitched together from 79 individual images, this Mastcam-Z right-eye 110-mm zoom mosaic is from the camera's first high-resolution panorama imaging sequence.
March 2, 2021
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Mars Perseverance Name Plate Artwork
This is an image of artwork etched onto the titanium plate that is mounted on the lower section of the Mars Perseverance rover’s 7-foot robotic arm.
February 26, 2021
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Insignia Plate Artwork
This illustration depicts the aluminum plate with initials of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which designed and built the Mars Perseverance rover. This plate is mounted on the left front of the rover. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has designed, built and tested all five rovers that have explored Mars.
February 26, 2021
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SHERLOC Geocoin Artwork
This artwork is printed on one of the 10 samples that make up a suite of calibration targets for the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument on the Mars Perseverance rover.
February 26, 2021
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SuperCam Calibration Target in Place
The SuperCam calibration target is visible in this image, taken in the clean room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 22, 2020.
February 26, 2021
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Bringing Back a Piece of Mars Artwork
This illustration depicts artwork that is etched on two anodized aluminum plates that form a pair.
February 26, 2021
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Rover Evolution Plate Artwork
This artwork is etched onto a metal plate attached to the deck of the Mars Perseverance rover. The image depicts all of the rovers which have driven on Mars.
February 26, 2021
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United States Flag Plate Artwork
This is an illustration of the aluminum plate with the United States flag that is mounted on the Mars Perseverance rover. This plate is located at the base of Perseverance’s remote sensing mast.
February 26, 2021
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NASA Insignia Plate Artwork
This illustration depicts the metal plate that bears NASA’s iconic insignia, mounted like a bold blue badge on the right front panel of the Mars Perseverance rover.
February 26, 2021