A Martian Sunrise | NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

A Martian Sunrise | NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Photo captured by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on sol 691 (January 29, 2023) at 06:13:52 Local Mean Solar Time (LMST) using the left NavCam.

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Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/PipploIMP

Image Date: Jan. 29, 2023

Release Date: Feb. 1, 2023

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