The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover selfies ever taken. Video, with bonus audio, sheds light on the process.
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Sensors Collect Crucial NASA Data on Mars Environment With Perseverance Landing
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MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language
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Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language....
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reveals Intriguing Terrain for Rover Team
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Ingenuity’s ninth flight provided imagery that will help the Perseverance rover team develop its science plan going forward. Read...
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Nearly 11 Million Names of Earthlings are on Mars Perseverance
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When the Perseverance rover safely touched down on the Martian surface, inside Jezero Crater, on Feb. 18, 2021, it...
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NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Provides Front-Row Seat to Landing, First Audio Recording of Red Planet
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The agency’s newest rover captured first-of-its kind footage of its Feb. 18 touchdown and has recorded audio of Martian...
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NASA’s Curiosity Team Names Martian Hill That Serves as Mission ‘Gateway’
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The name honors recently deceased mission scientist Rafael Navarro-González, who helped lead the team that identified ancient organic compounds...
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Another First: Perseverance Captures the Sounds of Driving on Mars
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NASA’s newest rover recorded audio of itself crunching over the surface of the Red Planet, adding a whole new...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
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The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible....