HiRISE frequently monitors surface assets of current and past spacecraft missions to Mars. This includes the latest NASA lander sent to Mars with the Perseverance rover that landed on 18 February 2021 in Jezero Crater.

The 3 by 2.7 meter (10 feet by 9 feet) sized rover is sitting on the fractured bedrock of what mission scientists are calling the Máaz Formation, thought to be of igneous (volcanic) origin. The primary science target is the deltaic deposit thought to have formed billions of years ago from sediment that an ancient river once carried, is still several kilometers to the north. HiRISE is likely to image Perseverance again during its long traverse.

Also, 200 meters to the west is the Ingenuity helicopter that has completed 23 successful flights in Jezero since deployment.

ID: ESP_073068_1985
date: 26 February 2022
altitude: 281 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073068_1985
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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