A few hours earlier (on the evening of February 18th Italian time), It is Rover NASA Perseverance Landed successfully Mars. This is the start of a new mission that will search for traces of past life inside the Jezero Crater and learn more about the red planet. The “Seven minutes of horror” It was overcome with planning Switzerland. Surprises came a few minutes later with the arrival of the first two photos.
New images of Mars from NASA Perseverance
The NASA He wanted to please all fans (although there are clearly technical reasons), with new pictures Yesterday evening Chest During a press conference. What were we able to see? A lot, given how little has passed! At the beginning of next week, there will be the first video with a sound (thanks to the microphones) of the landing, while in a few hours the first picture taken by the current cameras will be available. “on the head” Rover.
to NASA Perseverance First of all, we were able to estimate a deployed parachute landing and remain a part of the coverage thanks to the HiRISE Mars Reconnaissance Camera Experience. Orbit. The probe was located 700 km and was traveling at a speed of 3 km / s, despite all the quality is more than good (the size of the parachute is about 20 meters).
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Another very interesting picture, and perhaps the most exciting yet, is Rover Mars Taken from above during landing in the final stage of Sky Crane. You can see Earth approaching but that’s just the beginning. In fact, this is an image taken from a video that will be showing in the next few days where we will see how the different ratios mechanisms worked.
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The third image is the first high-resolution color image sent from Hazcams which has been placed on the underside of NASA Perseverance. This is an image that is basically the same as the first image shown on February 18, 2021 in black and white, in lower resolution. Black and white resolution and low resolution are related to the need to maximize the transmission speed to verify that everything went as planned.
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The last image takes one of the wheels Rover. You can see some rocks with a specific formation. At the moment we do not know if it is volcanic or sedimentary rocks, but this suspicion can be clarified later. Moreover, this type of image is used further to verify what is near the rover wheels and the condition of the wheels themselves, and it is one of the most common images. “sensitive” That can be damaged. We also remember that the design and part of the wheel material have been modified compared to Curiosity to be more resistant.
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