ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter, NASA’s HiRISE gets amazing views of Perseverance rover on Mars- Technology News, Firstpost

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tech2 Staff NewsMar 02, 2021 13:09:05 IST

After a successful landing on February 18, the Perseverance rover has now completed 12 days on Mars, parked and inspected its landing site in Crazer Jezero. In the days since he landed, visuals from and 0f an rover shared by NASA. The latest is an overview of the rover and the components it peels off as it lands on the surface of the red planets, captured by ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter.

In images captured by the Mars TGO, the descent platform and the heat sink are seen as dark spots surrounded by two smaller cracks, while the parachute and ridge are bright and physically clear. close to each other. The Perseverance rover, seen in the lower center of the images, is a rather weak spot visible along a ridge connecting to one of the smallest cracks.

ESAs Trace Gas Orbiter, NASAs HiRISE get amazing views of Perseverance rover on Mars

TGO saw the Perseverance rover, its parachute and rear shell, heat shield and rescue level, in the Jezero Crater area of ​​Mars. Image credit: ESA / Roscosmos / CaSSIS / A Valantinas

The TGO, since coming to Mars in 2016, has collected vital data about atmospheric gases and the shape of the planet. TGO has been looking specifically for traces of methane or other gases that may come from geological or biological activity under or on the surface of Mars.

Another camera, the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, saw Perseverance at the landing site, six days after a touchdown, in the process of system tests. From the perspective of the orbiter more than 250 kilometers away in orbit, it appears that the earth beneath Percy’s wheels is a loose, dark, lighter material beneath. The bright zones are visible on either side of the rover, possibly “clearly scratched by the leveling rockets” at the time of descent, as per recitation on the HiRISE website.

HiRISE saw the Perseverance rover every few days by rolling Orbiter Mars Reconnaissance to its side as it passed overhead. The photograph was taken from about 290 kilometers away, the report says.

Perseverance Rover and the Jezero Crater around it, as seen by HiRISE on February 24th. Image credit: HiRISE: Elegant Mars / Twitter

Perseverance Rover and the Jezero Crater around it, as seen by HiRISE on February 24th. Image credit: HiRISE: Elegant Mars / Twitter

The descent platform that keeps Percy falling through the Martian atmosphere, his parachute sliding behind him, can be seen in this February 18 image taken by HiRISE. Image: NASA

The descent platform that keeps Percy falling through the Martian atmosphere, his parachute track, can be seen in this February 18 statue taken by HiRISE. Image: NASA

[High-resolution photograph of Perseverance in the Jezero Crater, captured by HiRISE, here]

The HiRISE images of Perseverance were shared on the official Twitter account of NASA’s instrument team.

Perseverance will camp in and around its landing site in Jezero Crater for the next two years, looking for information on past microbial life. In addition to the many features of the Crater that are similar to other places on the undeveloped surface of Mars, what scientists believe are preserved river deltas and sediment deposits full of clay. The Jezero Crater is known to have hosted a standing body of billions of years ago, so Percy was chosen as a landing site for NASA’s mission to study past life on Mars .

Perseverance will also collect samples of Martian rock and soil in deposits for return to Earth in an yet-to-be-announced independent ESA-NASA sample return mission. Once there, an orbiter picks them up and takes them home for inspection.

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