NASA has released stunning videos of its persistent rover landing on Mars.
A video clip shows the dramatic landing of the Perseverance craft on Mars
The films cover the final minutes of hair subsidence last week, right up to the point where the robot's wheels touch the ground.
The sequences show a vortex of dust and gravel being kicked as the vehicle is lowered by the Rocket Backpack to the floor of the Jezero Crater.
Perseverance was sent to Mars adorned with cameras, seven of which are intended for recording the landing.
Their photos depict the life reactions of engineers seeking to improve common technologies for placing probes on the surface of Mars.
Mike Watkins, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, which is home to NASA's Mars Mission center, said the stunning videos set an example for the agency at its finest.
"We all take with us on our travels through the system, through the rings of Saturn, and looking back at the 'pale blue dot' and the amazing panoramas on the surface of Mars. This is often the first time. that we've been ready to capture an occasion like a spaceship landing on Mars. "
"We will learn something by watching the performance of the car in these videos. But a lot of them are also to guide you on our journey."
All landing and landing cameras were ready-to-use, durable sport cameras, with little to no adjustments.
The cameras have been positioned to capture major instrument events - from the supersonic parachute launch, through the disposal of the heat shield to the entry capsule and the hovering of the backpack, or "sky lift", all the way to the landing and disposal of the backpack.
This corresponds to roughly the last four minutes of the rover's seven-minute landing on the surface.
"We have collected just over 30 gigabytes of information, and more than 23,000 images of the spacecraft as it descends to the surface of Mars," explained Dave Growell, who led the camera effort at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Now that you’ve seen Mars, hear it. Grab some headphones and listen to the first sounds captured by one of my microphones. 🎧https://t.co/JswvAWC2IP#CountdownToMars
— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2021
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