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The perseverance heatshield falling away towards the surface of Mars. The inside is black and has serveral orange cables running across. around the perimeter are eight spiral springs that helped to push the heatshield away.

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The perseverance heatshield falling away towards the surface of Mars. The inside is black and has serveral orange cables running across. around the perimeter are eight spiral springs that helped to push the heatshield away.
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Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:57 JST Simeon Schmauß

I can't believe it has already been 4 years since the Perseverance rover landed on Mars!
The rover was equipped with six engineering camera that captured more than 26.000 images during the landing!
This thread contains some of my favorites:
#Perseverance #NASA #Mars #Mars2020 #Solarocks

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