Posted on Feb 27, 2021

APOD: 2021 February 27 - Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Good afternoon, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter." If one puts on their analyst hat, the imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is even more understandable. The spacecraft was coming in from right to left. Given the published timeline, the heatshield was the first to separate. Next came the parachute and the back shell, initiating the powered descent phase. Touchdown occurred, and the lander moved away a safe distance before it crashed. The parachute and back shell are farthest downrange (as they separated at a higher altitude and had further to drift/fall). If you click on each highlighted area, you can zoom in to each location and see the enhanced details of the photo.

APOD: 2021 February 27 - Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, February 27, 2021 entitled "Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter."

Thank you to NASA for developing cameras that can photograph/video the surface of Mars from above, while the Perseverance rover takes ground level photos/videos from the surface.

It is wonderful to be able to see the 'progress' of this exploration of Mars.

Image: Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter- Image Credit - NASA-JPL-Caltech-MSSS

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"Explanation: Seen from orbit a day after a dramatic arrival on the Martian surface, the Perseverance landing site is identified in this high-resolution view from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter's camera image also reveals the location of the Mars 2020 mission descent stage, heat shield, and parachute and back shell that delivered Perseverance to the surface of Mars. Each annotated inset box spans 200 meters (650 feet) across the floor of Jezero Crater. Perseverance is located at the center of the pattern created by rocket exhaust as the descent stage hovered and lowered the rover to the surface. Following the sky crane maneuver, the descent stage itself flew away to crash at a safe distance from the rover, its final resting place indicated by a dark V-shaped debris pattern. Falling to the surface nearby after their separation in the landing sequence, heat shield, parachute and back shell locations are marked in the high-resolution image from Mars orbit."

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