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NASA’s Perseverance rover is celebrating 100 Martian days (or suns) since landing on Mars, where it is looking for signs of past microbial life and investigating the planet’s geology and past climate.
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Since landing on February 18, the robot has captured some incredible images around its landing site, Jezero Crater, an impact depression 49 km north of the Red Planet’s equator.
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NASA releases video of Perseverance robot landing on Mars
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A small helicopter, the Ingenuity, also transmitted aerial images, having made history with the first motorized and controlled flights on another planet.
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Here is a selection of photos uploaded from the mission so far.
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On April 6, Perseverance used the Watson camera (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) to take this selfie alongside the Ingenuity helicopter. This photo is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together after they were sent to Earth — Photo: NASA
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Days earlier, Ingenuity had been launched from the underside of the rover — Photo: NASA
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On May 7, Ingenuity reached a height of 10m, before flying 129m to a new landing site — Photo: Nasa
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Ingenuity photographed Perseverance during its third flight. At the time, the mini-helicopter was about 85 m from the rover and flying laterally at an altitude of 5 m. One of Ingenuity’s feet is also visible at the edge of the image, just below the rover. — Photo: NASA
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The Perseverance rover has seed funding to operate for one year on Mars, roughly two years on Earth.
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