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NASA took Perseverance for its first 'spin' on Mars

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has completed its first test drive since landing on the surface of Mars on February 18th. On March 4th, it went on a short 33-minute jaunt that saw it travel 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) in and around its landing site, the agency announced on Friday. The milestone is the first of many technical tests Perseverance needs to complete before it starts looking for signs of ancient microbial life in the Jezero Crater, which was once home to an ancient lake. A quick test of my steering, and things are looking good as I get ready to roll. My team and I are keen to get moving. One step at a time. pic.twitter.com/XSYfT158AQ— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) March 5, 2021 “This was our first chance to ‘kick the tires’ and take Perseverance out for a spin,” said Anais Zarifian, a mobility testbed engineer with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab. “The rover’s six-wheel drive responded superbly. We are now confident our drive system is good to go, capable of taking us wherever the science leads us over the next two years.” A test drive isn’t the only thing Perseverance has been up to since landing on Mars. On February 26th, NASA updated Perseverance software, replacing...
Engadget     Mar 05, 2021

Post Revives Fabricated Image of View from Mars

A computer-rendered image has been mischaracterized on social media posts as a photo taken from Mars, purportedly showing Earth, Venus and Jupiter in vertical alignment. Although the same image was previously debunked in 2012, the claim resurfaced after the Perseverance rover landed on Mars in mid-February. The post Post Revives Fabricated Image of View from Mars appeared first on FactCheck.org.
FactCheck.org     Feb 26, 2021

Are There Politics on Mars?

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NASA has successfully landed the Perseverance rover, its most sophisticated attempt yet to discover the secrets of the Red Planet. But the U.S. faces competition as the world leader in space exploration.
The New Yorker     Feb 25, 2021

NASA's Perseverance Rover Gives High-Definition Panoramic View Of Landing Site

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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover got its first high-definition look around its new home in Jezero Crater on Feb. 21, after rotating its mast, or "head," 360 degrees, allowing the rover's Mastcam-Z instrument to capture its first panorama after touching down on the Red Planet on Feb 18.
NASA     Feb 24, 2021

Mars Video Reveals Perseverance Rover's Daring Touchdown

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Humanity has just been given a front-row seat to a Mars landing, thanks to a high-resolution, full-colour video that NASA released of its Perseverance rover descending into Jezero Crater on 18 February.
Scientific American     Feb 23, 2021

NASA sends nuclear tank 293 million miles to Mars, misses landing spot by just five metres. Now watch its video

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See how plucky Perseverance touched down on the unforgiving dust world Video NASA successfully landed its fifth robotic rover on the surface of Mars just five metres from its target, the American space agency said after releasing footage of the historic landing.…
The Register     Feb 23, 2021

Listen to the first sounds recorded from the surface of Mars

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NASA has just released the first videos and images taken by the Perseverance rover as it landed—as well as the first sounds ever recorded from the surface of Mars. What happened: On February 18, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars, the end of a journey that began last July. The spacecraft survived its “seven…
MIT Tech Review     Feb 23, 2021

Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet

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NASA scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies of last week's' daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation over the red planet and a rocket-powered
Reuters     Feb 23, 2021

Watch Video From NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars

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The spacecraft has sent pictures, audio and video recordings to Earth since it landed on Mars last Thursday.
New York Times     Feb 22, 2021

WATCH: NASA's Perseverance rover sends new video and images of Mars

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface.
PBS     Feb 22, 2021

Watch and listen to Perseverance's first moments on Mars

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When NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars Thursday, a set of cameras captured the car-sized spacecraft's descent and landing on the Red Planet.Why it matters: This is the first time this type of high-quality footage has been captured.Catch up quick: Perseverance landed on Mars in much the same way as its counterpart on the Red Planet, Curiosity. NASA made use of a supersonic parachute and a small rocket that slowed the rover's descent and used cables to softly lower it to the ground.The rover landed in a crater thought to be one of the best places on Mars to hunt for signs of past life. Driving the news: The cameras tasked with capturing the landing sent back about 30 gigabytes of footage from Perseverance's landing to waiting scientists on Earth.“This video of Perseverance’s descent is the closest you can get to landing on Mars without putting on a pressure suit,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science, said in a statement.Perseverance also recorded the first sounds from Mars not long after making it to the surface. The big picture: The video and audio captured from Mars has more than just public value. Scientists are also hoping to use both as diagnostic...
Axios     Feb 22, 2021

Is This a Photo of a Martian Sunset?

Following NASA’s successful landing of their Perseverance rover in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, imagery acquired from the surface of Mars during past missions went viral. One image that was popular on Reddit, in the subreddit r/Interestingasfuck, is described as “Sunset on Mars.”
Snopes     Feb 21, 2021

NASA Perseverance rover: See 'first of its kind' footage from Mars descent on Monday

NASA's Perseverance rover is safe and sound on the surface of Mars, ready to survey its new home for signs of past life. We've already seen the fruits of its early labors in stunning images from its descent and landing. Now, NASA is teasing the release of video footage from the landing with the tagline "See Mars Like Never Before!" and buzz is building. The landing was always going to be must-see TV and just a few days post-touchdown, NASA's ready for broadcast.
CNET     Feb 21, 2021

NASA Scientist Discusses Her Work On The Perseverance Mars Rover Project

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Perseverance pays off. That's what we learned when the NASA rover landed on Mars last week. And a payload systems engineer who worked on the project, 30-year-old Christina Hernandez, probably feels the same way. After the Mars rover landed, she tweeted, I had a cryfest con la familia - with my family - ate a warm bowl of frijoles negros. That's black beans. And now she said she's ready for science. She joins us from Pasadena to tell us more about her work and the mission.
NPR     Feb 21, 2021

Jill Biden picks up where she left off

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First lady Jill BidenJill BidenWe knew media would coddle Biden — here's why it's much worse The Hill's 12:30 Report: Mars rover prepares for landing Jill Biden to give her first interview as first lady to Kelly Clarkson MORE is picking up where she left off four years ago.
The Hill     Feb 20, 2021