The future is brighter every day with Perseverance.
The photo, reconstructed from several stills taken by the vehicle, shows the crest of Jezero crater, which scientists say contained a deep lake into which a river flowed about 3.5 billion years ago. rover took 142 360-degree shots with the high-definition cameras installed on its mast.
The panoramic photo released by NASA.
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"We are installed on a very good site, from where we can see characteristics very similar to those found by Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity (three rovers having preceded Perseverance on the red planet) on their landing zone", s' said Jim Bell of the University of Arizona.
The American space agency has the explicit goal of finding traces of ancient life on the red planet, by collecting for at least two years up to thirty rock samples.
Rocks and sediments will be collected before being transported to Earth
Perseverance cameras will help scientists determine the geological history and atmospheric conditions of the crater, and identify the rocks and sediments that will be collected before being transported to Earth on a future mission, scheduled for the 2030s.
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