Tag: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera spots Perseverance rover after landing

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    The HiRISE camera NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this picture of the Perseverance rover Feb. 24. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona A high-resolution camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the Perseverance rover after landing on the Red Planet last month, showing the nuclear-powered robot sitting on the Martian surface with its supersonic parachute and…

  • Perseverance rover aces first test drive on Mars

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    This image was taken during the first drive of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars on March 4, 2021, shortly after its first drive after landing. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Two weeks into its mission of exploration on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed its first test drive and returned some 7,000 images from its station in Jezero…