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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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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:56 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     Some of the most amazing images were definitely taken by the Descent Stage Downlook camera, mounted to the Sky crane.
     The rover deck is pristinely white, but a lot of dust is blown up once the rocket exhaust impinged on the surface, obscuring the rover at touchdown.

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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:56 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     Of course this landing wouldn't have been possible without the Sky crane. Lowering a the rover under a rocket powered jetpack still seems nuts to me, but it worked flawlessly - TWICE!

     Aral Balkan and Jackson repeated this.
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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:56 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     • Seán Doran

     I mentioned in the beginning, that Perseverance captured more than 26.000 images during the landing. Last year I processed ALL OF THEM to make a complete remastered video of the landing.

     Thanks again to @TheSeaning who helped me with the editing and rendering.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhyznZ2u4E

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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:57 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     This is a mosaic from 11 Lander Vision System Camera images, taken at around 10 km above the ground.
     I colorized it using RDCAM images and Aster Cowart's Jezero Crater map.

     Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Aster Cowart/Simeon Schmauß CC BY NC SA

     https://flic.kr/p/2qMvNak

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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:57 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     Some pictures of the parachute inflating, taken by Parachute Uplook Camera A.
     Encoded in the red white stripes is JPL's motto "DARE MIGHTY THINGS" and the coordinates of the laboratory.
     https://science.nasa.gov/resource/mars-decoder-ring/

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     Simeon Schmauß (stim3on@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 06:59:57 JST Simeon Schmauß

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     The heat shield and Martian terrain photographed by the Rover Downlook Camera.
     The second picture shows the edge of the delta fan on the right side and the delta remnant named Kodiak.