Perseverance Rover

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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission: Live updates

Perseverance is set to land inside Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.

www.space.com

 

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Get ready for the Perseverance Mars rover landing with this epic NASA documentary

Ride along with NASA's "Countdown to Mars."

www.space.com

NASA's Perseverance rover team will have to live on 'Mars time' after landing on the Red Planet

The Perseverance team will return to a time-honored tradition at NASA these past few decades — the tradition of living on "Mars time."

www.space.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

NASA is about to land a helicopter on Mars for the first time

This is "a true extraterrestrial Wright Brothers moment."

www.space.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance robot all set for big test

The one-tonne robot must survive a high-speed descent to the surface before it can search for life.

www.bbc.com

 

[Wyvern]

They are live. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are witnessing history.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&ab_channel=NASA

 

[Grey Havoc]

Devon company that made World War Two parachutes to land Mars Perseverance Rover

Heathcoat Fabrics is among British participants in Nasa's international team of scientists and engineers

www.telegraph.co.uk

Mars landing: Nasa Perseverance rover heads for daunting touchdown - watch live

A Nasa rover is streaking towards a landing on Mars in the riskiest step yet of an epic quest to answer whether life ever existed on the red planet.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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So far, so good!

 

[Grey Havoc]

Yes!!!!

 

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Touchdown on Mars.

 

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First image in.

 

[Wyvern]

The rover has successfully landed on the surface of Mars, and sent in its first photos.

Well done to NASA and to all the engineers that worked on the program.

Godspeed Perseverance!

 

[Wyvern]

The first photo in

 

[Grey Havoc]

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that...

apnews.com

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362514739671298051

View: https://twitter.com/jccwrt/status/1362514739671298051

 

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Lands on Mars - Slashdot

NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of Mars after surviving a blazing seven-minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere. The rover's clean landing sets the stage for a years-long journey to scour the Red Planet's Jezero Crater for ancient signs of life. From a...

science.slashdot.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

From earlier today:

NASA Will Listen for Thumps From Its Rover's Arrival on Mars - Slashdot

When the Perseverance rover sets down on Mars on Thursday, another NASA spacecraft already there will be listening for the thump-thump that will result when the newcomer arrives. From a report: The hope is that these thumps will create enough shaking to be detected by InSight, a stationary NASA...

science.slashdot.org

 

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Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover at Jezero Crater.

mars.nasa.gov

 

[Deino]

Another new image:

 

[UpForce]

Managed to watch the landing live. Somewhat of a relief to see something go according to plan. Well done.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362615973627322368

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/LongHairNasaGuy/status/1362615973627322368

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362616536972726275

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/LongHairNasaGuy/status/1362616536972726275

 

[FighterJock]

So glad that Perseverance made it down to the surface of Mars, was watching it live on NASA TV.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Is it possible to put Great in the next mars Mission

Cost prohibitive, even before you factor in the resupply missions to keep her there.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Mars reconnasisance

First helicopter on another planet could
glow in the dark

Jonathan O'Callaghan

Nasa is about to fly a helicopter on Mars, and it turns
out that its rotors could glow in the dark.

A few weeks after the Perseverance rover lands on Mars
(see "Martian Invasion", left) it will deploy a 0.5-metre-
high drone called Ingenuity.

The drone will conduct up to five flights in a 30 day
window. Each will increase in duration, to a maximum
of about 90 seconds.

William Farrell at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
in Maryland and his colleagues say the flights, which
are a technical demonstration, also afford a unique
scientific opportunity. The low atmospheric pressure
on Mars, coupled with its dusty environment and carbon
dioxide-rich atmosphere, could produce an electric
charge on the blades strong enough to break down
atmospheric moecules, says the team (arxiv.org/abs/2102.
04181).

Modelling this breakdown in the lab showed that it is
unlikely to damage Ingenuity, but could be visible at
take-off and landing in low light, producing a soft glow
or "corona" on the blades. Something similar, known
as the Kopp-Etchells effect, can happen to helicopters
on Earth.

"We suggest that operations occur once at twilight so
that any corona-like glow [can] be observed by
Perseverance in the low light environment," the team
writes.

Perseverance will use its cameras to record Ingenuity's
flights, so might be able to see this effect. Joshua Ravich
at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the
helicopter's mechanical engineering lead, says the team
hasn't yet decided whether to attempt a flight at twilight.
"We think that would be pretty interesting to see," he says.
"Unfortunately, we are mostly planning to fly mid-morning
because of better wind conditions and thermal conditions."

Even if a twilight flight was tried, Perseverance's cameras
might not be sensitive enough to see the effect. "But it
would be pretty cool," says Ravich.


New Scientist, Special Issue, 20th February 2021

 

[Deltafan]

Last photo of Perseverance :




Humor

 

[Grey Havoc]

Perseverance landing wins broad political praise - SpaceNews

President Biden and other political figures congratulated NASA for the successful Perseverance rover landing, but the bigger challenge may be funding.

spacenews.com

 

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Helicopter and other technology demos hitch a ride on Mars 2020 - SpaceNews

While the primary focus of the Mars 2020 mission will be the search for evidence of past Martian life, the rover mission carries several other payloads.

spacenews.com

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362794827205791753

View: https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1362794827205791753

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362793317440884743

View: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1362793317440884743

 

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How about this for an image!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362825545227018240

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362829136385896452

View: https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1362829136385896452

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362831462999949313

View: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1362831462999949313

More high-res images and potentially video from the rover’s landing should be ready by Monday, project officials say.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362832286429958146

View: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1362832286429958146

NASa’s Pauline Hwang, asked how many images they’ve received, said it’s “more than I can count” at least in thumbnails. No exact number, though.

The raw images repository still only has the initial three hazcam images.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1362832883359096833

View: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1362832883359096833

Adam Steltzner, Perseverance chief engineer, says they hope to know this weekend if a microphone recorded any data during the descent.

 

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HiRISE Captured Perseverance During Descent to Mars

The descent stage holding NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere.

www.nasa.gov

 

[Grey Havoc]

Mars landing: Photo shows Perseverance about to touch down

Nasa releases an astonishing image of its new Mars robot taken just moments before touchdown.

www.bbc.com

 

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

 

[FighterJock]

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Good to see that the Mars Helicopter has survived the landing as well. Cannot wait to see it fly next week.

 

[TomS]

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Good to see that the Mars Helicopter has survived the landing as well. Cannot wait to see it fly next week.

It's not flying next week. More like a month from now at soonest.

The first 10 days/sols are rover system checks and the first roll. Then they have to look for a nice flat spot to deploy Ingenuity. Then they take multiple sols to actually deploy the helicopter form the rover. Then they have to drive the rover away to clear room for the flights. Etc. My undertanding is that the schedule calls for the flights to occur 30-60 sols into the mission..

 

[FighterJock]

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

Good to see that the Mars Helicopter has survived the landing as well. Cannot wait to see it fly next week.

It's not flying next week. More like a month from now at soonest.

The first 10 days/sols are rover system checks and the first roll. Then they have to look for a nice flat spot to deploy Ingenuity. Then they take multiple sols to actually deploy the helicopter form the rover. Then they have to drive the rover away to clear room for the flights. Etc. My undertanding is that the schedule calls for the flights to occur 30-60 sols into the mission..

Thanks for the extra information TomS.

 

[Flyaway]

Some of these rocks as others have pointed out look like dead coral on a beach. Probably not but who knows.

Perseverance's Big Wheel – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

This high-resolution image shows one of the six wheels aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on Feb.18, 2021. The image was taken by one of Perseverance’s color Hazard Cameras (Hazcams).

mars.nasa.gov

 

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I might need to take the day off work Monday if the EDL video(s) hype is real. Lest my boss find me watching it on loop for a few hours

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYQwuYZbA6o

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NASA Is Dropping a New Rover on Mars. Here’s What Could Go Wrong

Failure could take on many forms next week when NASA’s next-gen rover, Perseverance, reaches the surface of the Red Planet. Here’s what needs to go right—and how things could quickly go sideways—when Perseverance tries to make its much-anticipated landing.

gizmodo.com

I hope that nothing goes wrong with Perseverance's landing on Wednesday, after all NASA landed Curiosity on Mars with no trouble so they can do it again with Perseverance.

I want to see that helicopter fly. All the, "here's how things could go sideways" clickbait is annoying. EVERYBODY knows the thing could crash.

I hope that the helicopter fly's too sferrin, I would like to see how the rotors cope in the Martian atmosphere. Would this be a prelude to a much larger Mars helicopter in the future post Perseverance?

"sferring"?


CFD is pretty good these days, so I suspect the helicopter will fly just fine.

A larger helicopter would be interesting. When I worked at Sikorsky, many years ago, a few of us started brainstorming a Mars helicopter. We concluded that the hardest thing would be how to fold the thing up to fit in the aeroshell for landing on Mars. Inflatable rotors were one idea.