02/22/2021 17:10
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Updated 02/22/2021 17:10
The US space agency NASA released on Monday the
first video
of the arrival of the Perseverance rover to
Mars
.
The video, which in its full version lasts 3 minutes and 25 seconds, shows the deployment of the parachute and the contact of the vehicle with the surface of the red planet.
"These are
really amazing
videos
," said Michael Watkins, NASA's jet propulsion laboratory director.
"This is the
first time
that we have been able to capture an event like the arrival on Mars."
The actual images were captured by several installed cameras that are part of the rover's entry, descent and landing device.
Views include a camera looking down from the spacecraft's descent stage (a kind of rocket-powered container that helps carry the rover to its landing site), a camera on the rover looking up at the stage descent, a camera at the top of the shell (a capsule that protects the rover) looking at that parachute, and a camera at the bottom of the rover looking at the Martian surface.
Audio embedded in the video comes from mission control calls during entry, descent, and landing.
Source: AFP and DPA