{"id":120015,"date":"2024-10-30T09:59:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T02:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120015"},"modified":"2024-10-30T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T02:59:47","slug":"nasas-perseverance-rover-gets-stunning-view-of-big-mars-crater-from-slippery-slope-video-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120015","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover gets stunning view of big Mars crater from slippery slope (video, photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover took a break from its Mars mountaineering expedition recently to survey its old stomping grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The car-sized <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/perseverance-rover-mars-2020-mission\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/perseverance-rover-mars-2020-mission\">Perseverance<\/a> landed on the floor of the 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) Jezero Crater in February 2021 to hunt for signs of past <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17135-life-on-mars.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17135-life-on-mars.html\">Mars life<\/a> and collect dozens of samples for future return to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance has finished its work in Jezero&#8217;s flats and is now scaling the crater&#8217;s western rim, on its way to explore new and disparate <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/47-mars-the-red-planet-fourth-planet-from-the-sun.html\">Mars<\/a> landscapes. Late last month, however, the rover paused to take in the grand Jezero view \u2014 and to share that vista with its handlers on Earth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1894px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.23%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"looking down the slope of a crater rim on mars, with rover tracks in the foreground\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BWdjMbMUzbcSgW33CYWqLY.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Portion of an enhanced-color mosaic that was taken on Sept. 27, 2024 by the Perseverance rover while climbing the western wall of Jezero Crater. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU\/MSSS)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mission team members stitched together 44 photos that Perseverance snapped on Sept. 27, creating a mosaic that features many of the landmarks the rover has explored.<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/perseverance-mars-rover-sample-return\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/perseverance-mars-rover-sample-return\"><strong\/><\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;The image not only shows our past and present, but also shows the biggest challenge to getting where we want to be in the future,&#8221; Perseverance&#8217;s deputy project manager, Rick Welch of NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-perseverance-rover-looks-back-while-climbing-slippery-slope\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-perseverance-rover-looks-back-while-climbing-slippery-slope\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> on Monday (Oct. 28), when NASA shared the new imagery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you look at the right side of the mosaic, you begin to get an idea what we&#8217;re dealing with,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Mars didn&#8217;t want to make it easy for anyone to get to the top of this ridge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance began the climb in mid-August. It took the featured photos when it was about halfway up the western rim, near a spot the mission team calls &#8220;Faraway Rock.&#8221; The rover isn&#8217;t expected to crest the rim until early December, however, because the going is pretty tough.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-BHvgTbgQepHKTprz66bnCm\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-BHvgTbgQepHKTprz66bnCm slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ridge that Welch referenced has a slope of about 20 degrees, NASA officials said. It&#8217;s also slippery, featuring loose sand and dust atop a brittle crust.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1912px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.22%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"looking down the slope of a crater rim on mars, with rover tracks in the foreground. a dozen landmarks are identified via yellow text\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ExBVgH4RDtS7FxTVVdok5Y.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Another portion, this one annotated, of the enhanced-color mosaic Perseverance took on Sept. 27, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Mars rovers have driven over steeper terrain, and they&#8217;ve driven over more slippery terrain, but this is the first time one had to handle both \u2014 and on this scale,&#8221; Camden Miller of JPL, a planner, or &#8220;driver,&#8221; for Perseverance&#8217;s mission, said in the same statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For every two steps forward Perseverance takes, we were taking at least one step back,&#8221; added Miller, who also served as a driver for NASA&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17963-mars-curiosity.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17963-mars-curiosity.html\">Curiosity rover<\/a>, which landed inside Mars&#8217; Gale Crater in 2012 and is still going strong. &#8220;The rover planners saw this was trending toward a long, hard slog, so we got together to think up some options.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2000px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"photo of a mars rover in the foreground, with its tracks in the red dirt stretching off into the distance\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/X5xEptPSUB6iKNTShmqZwf.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Tracks shown in this image indicate the slipperiness of the terrain NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover has encountered during its climb up the rim of Jezero Crater. The image was taken by one of rover&#8217;s navigation cameras on Oct. 11, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those options included driving the six-wheeled Perseverance backwards, taking a switchback-heavy &#8220;cross-slope&#8221; approach, and staying close to the slope&#8217;s northern edges, which may have more large, traction-enhancing rocks buried in the near subsurface.<\/p>\n<p>All three of these strategies have helped to some extent, but the northern-edge method appears to provide the most bang for the buck, so the rover team is going to prioritize that one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the plan right now, but we may have to change things up the road,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;No Mars rover mission has tried to climb up a mountain this big this fast. The science team wants to get to the top of the crater rim as soon as possible because of the scientific opportunities up there. 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