![]() The video shows the heat shield dropping away, the gentle sway of the rover from the descent stage, the Martian surface as it comes into sharp detail, the swirl of dust on the red planet as the rover approaches and the “sky crane” maneuver that helps land rovers on the surface of Mars.ĭuring the famed sky crane maneuver, nylon cords lowered the rover 25 feet below the descent stage. Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard the rover, captured this image looking at its calibration target. “It should become mandatory viewing for young women and men who not only want to explore other worlds and build the spacecraft that will take them there, but also want to be part of the diverse teams achieving all the audacious goals in our future.” “This video of Perseverance’s descent is the closest you can get to landing on Mars without putting on a pressure suit,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, in a statement. □ #CountdownToMars- NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover February 22, 2021 Grab some headphones and listen to the first sounds captured by one of my microphones. Grab some headphones and listen to the first sounds captured by one of my microphones.” The rover Twitter account also shared the sounds: “Now that you’ve seen Mars, hear it. However, the microphone did not capture any “usable data” of the descent itself – but it did survive the process. The first audio of Mars was also picked up briefly by a microphone on the rover, which captured a few seconds of a Martian breeze and sounds of the rover operating once it reached the surface. The video begins 230 seconds after the rover entered the Martian atmosphere, with the inflation of the rover’s parachute 7 miles above the Martian surface, and ends with the rover touching down on the surface. I won’t make a dissertation out of this, just had to post as I found it incredibly funny and ironic at the same time….During its harrowing descent to the surface of Mars last Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover captured video that the agency is calling “How to Land on Mars.” The video, along with other newly released footage, gives earthlings back home a better sense of the sights and sounds on the red planet.Ĭameras on “Percy,” as the rover is affectionately called at mission control, show for the first time the perspective of a spacecraft landing on Mars. However, I’ve learned in my life’s experience that sometimes you just have to “Let your hair down”and have a good laugh here and there without being uptight, life is too short! No doubt some will be offended by this, as it is certainly not suited for everyone’s taste. Take of it what you will, but personally my boyish nature found it incredibly funny. So no doubt as some of you have already heard, via the pictures going viral, the Mars Rover apparently got a little “cheeky” on the planet we plan to colonize and inadvertently drew a large phallic picture on the Mars surface with its tracks! Perhaps this isn’t tactful for a professional blog that is constructed for the sole purpose of evaluating games and game industry, but sometimes it’s the little things that really get you through the day. I know this may seem a bit unprofessional but when I heard about this on the radio (and promptly looked it up on the internet of course) I couldn’t stop laughing.
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