NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has posted an interactive 360-degree view of the Perseverance landing site in 4K resolution on Mars. It’s the latest jaw-dropping idea to return from a mission, including that incredible video of a rover sinking into the Martian atmosphere before it “skyscrapers” on the surface of the Red Planet.
The 60-second video was captured by the color of Perseverance, with a sensing mast mounted on the NeverCams rover. The 360-degree view can be navigated to your phone in a browser or in a YouTube app. The images were captured on February 20, two days after the Persians landed in the Jezero Crater.
Khant has a total of 23 cameras, most of which are in the Mars rover to date: 16 for engineering and science and the other seven that record those dramatic images of entry, decent and landing. Audio Dio obtained by Perseverance’s microphones on the landing site has also been posted on NASA’s SoundCloud account.
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A total of 4,796 raw images have been made public so far by NASA’s Perseverance Mission. Orbiters are diligently capable of transferring data at rates up to 2MBS overhead. Mars then orbits data back to Earth using their larger antennas and more powerful transmitters. The video of the vehicle descending to the surface is cited simultaneously with about 30GB of images.
The Perseverance Rover is designed to capture signs of life and better understand the ancient geology of Mars. It will spend at least one Mars year (two Earth years) exploring the area around the landing site.
