HiRISE | Persevering on Mars

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Persevering on Mars
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After a dramatic landing in February, the Perseverance rover was re-imaged by HiRISE about 700 meters (2300 feet) from its original landing site.

The rover doesn’t drive in a straight line though, and has covered much more ground than that (faint wheel tracks on the nearby ground are visible). HiRISE images like this one allow the rover team to choose the best route to get to their primary target and help put the rover’s observations in context within Jezero Crater.

Written by: Shane Byrne (28 September 2021)

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For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the prime contractor for the project and built the spacecraft. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona. The image data were processed using the U.S. Geological Survey’s ISIS3 software.