NASA Perseverance Rover Panorama of Mars’ Jezero Crater | JPL

NASA Perseverance Rover Panorama of Mars’ Jezero Crater | JPL

Travel along a steep slope up to the rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater in this panoramic image captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover just days before the rover reached the top. The scene shows just how steep some of the slopes leading to the crater rim can be. The rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to capture this view on Dec. 5, 2024, the 1,349th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. At the time, the rover was about 1,150 feet (350 meters) from, and 250 feet (75 meters) below, the top of the crater rim—a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill.” The rover reached Lookout Hill on Dec. 10 after a climb of 3½ months and 1,640 vertical feet (500 vertical meters).

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Celebrating 3+ Years on Mars

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 return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

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

For more about Perseverance: science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance

NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Duration: 45 seconds
Release Date: Dec. 12, 2024

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