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The Perseverance rover as seen from the skycrane above, dangling from three ropes and a cable umbilical. The Red Mars dust from the surface is getting blown away where the plume from the skycrane hits the the martian surface. The rover deck is still remarkably clean as compared to later in the mission.

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The Perseverance rover as seen from the skycrane above, dangling from three ropes and a cable umbilical. The Red Mars dust from the surface is getting blown away where the plume from the skycrane hits the the martian surface. The rover deck is still remarkably clean as compared to later in the mission.
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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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