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Perseverance rover sent a still photo from its jetpack showing the tethered “Skycrane” maneuver just prior to touchdown. Unlike previous rover landings, Perseverance is too large to use the airbag landing method and had to be gently lowered from about 20 meters above the surface by a jetpack tethered to the rover.
The rover landed on Mars on February 18th and is going through a testing and validation phase as well as receiving software updates before fully deploying on its mission.
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover, which landed on the Martian Surface on February 18th, has sent back some of its first full color images. These images are not from the MASTCAM-Z camera system, but from the hazard avoidance cameras.
Perseverance is still testing and “unfolding” its equipment in preparation for its upcoming mission. More images and video of the landing are expected to be released in a few days.
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