Perseverance gave us all a front-row seat to a Mars landing for the first time in the history of space exploration. In addition to providing engineering data, the cameras can be considered a "public engagement payload." They certainly gave a dramatic sense of the ride down to the surface! Aside from computer animations, there had never been any views of a parachute opening in the Martian atmosphere, the rover being lowered down to the surface of Mars, or the descent stage flying away after rover touchdown. Mounted beneath the rover, looking downward at the surface during landing Mounted on the deck of the rover, looking upward at the descent stage during the skycrane maneuver and descent stage separation Mounted on the descent stage, looking downward at the rover as it was lowered during the skycrane maneuver Three cameras were installed, two of which successfully recorded the parachute. Mounted on the backshell, looking upward at parachute deployment and inflation. The Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing camera suite included: The cameras and microphone were flown as a "discretionary payload" – an optional add-on that would be an asset, but that wasn’t required for the mission. These new eyes and ears of Perseverance were assembled from easily available commercial hardware. Unprecedented Visibility into Mars Landings: A suite of cameras on various parts of the Mars 2020 spacecraft will provide more detailed views of landing than ever before. These are some of the most informative observations that cameras can provide for those in the business of landing spacecraft on Mars. How can aerial views from shortly before landing inform plans for driving the rover?.Precisely where did the vehicle touch down in the landing area?.What exactly happens when the rover touches down?.How much sand and rock is blown into the atmosphere by the retro rockets?.How does the landing system move as it descends and nears the surface?.How does the parachute deploy and operate in the Martian atmosphere?.The videos also provided data to help the team explore: The cameras recorded stunning views of the landing, capturing full-color video of the vehicle’s final descent to the Martian surface. The rover has witnessed many dust devils in its two years on Mars and has even recorded the sounds of a Martian dust devil with its SuperCam instrument.Ever wonder what it would be like to have an "astronaut's" view of landing on Mars? For the touchdown of the Perseverance rover, the engineering team added several cameras and a microphone to document the entry, descent, and landing in even greater detail. If this dust devil were configured that way, its shadow would indicate it is about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) in height." "We don’t see the top of the dust devil, but the shadow it throws gives us a good indication of its height," Lemmon said, "Most are vertical columns. Planetary scientist Mark Lemmon, with the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said the Perseverance team could determine the height of the vortex by looking at its shadow. Scientists believe the images captured only the bottom 387 feet of the vortex. WITNESSING DUST DEVILS: NASA'S ROVER BRINGS NEW MEANING TO MARTIAN DUST STORMS Using data from Perseverance, the rover's science team determined the dust devil was about 2.5 miles from the rover in a location known as "Thorofare Ridge." Moving at about 12 mph, the dust devil was estimated to be about 200 feet wide. 30, 2023, the 899th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured by one of the Navcams on NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug.
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