Friday, February 26, 2021

From a 360-degree panorama of the dusty landscape to a cheeky rover selfie: NASA's most stunning shots of Mars from Perseverance's first week on the Red Planet

  • More than 5,000 images have been sent back to Earth by the NASA Perseverance rover from the Red Planet
  • The images include thousands of the entry, descent and landing stage of the mission including the parachute
  • There are 23 cameras on board the $2.2 billion Mars vehicle covering science, landing and engineering 
  • As well as capturing images of the Martian sunset, the desert-like landscape and the rover itself, the cameras will be used to better understand the planet and guide the rover over difficult and rocky Martian terrain 



Released Monday was the mission's first panorama of the rover's landing location, taken by the two Navigation Cameras located on its mast





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