به گزارش اقتصادنیوز به نقل از بی‌بی‌سی، مریخ نورد استقامت (Perserance) ناسا پس از تقریباً هفت ماه سفر از زمین ، در ساعت 18:55 به وقت گرینویچ در تاریخ 18 فوریه در مریخ فرود آمد.
از آن زمان ، این مریخ‌نورد برخی از تصاویر شگفت انگیز را از اطراف محل فرود خود ، دهانه Jezero (یک فرورفتگی ضربه‌ای 49 کیلومتری در شمال خط استوای سیاره سرخ) به زمین مخابره کرده است.
استقامت به دنبال نشانه‌هایی از حیات میکروبی باستانی است و در جستجوی تعیین زمین‌شناسی سیاره، و آب‌وهوای گذشته آن، سنگ‌های مریخی را جمع آوری می‌کند.
مریخ نورد استقامت (Perseverance) بودجه اولیه خود را برای فعالیت به مدت یک سال در مریخ (تقریباً معادل دو سال زمینی) تأمین می کند.
در اینجا مجموعه‌ای از تصاویر ارسال شده از مریخ توسط استقامت آمده است. (توضیحات مربوط به هر عکس در پایین آن درج سده اس)
The first image of the Perseverance rover on the surface was taken from the High Resolution Imaging Experiment camera aboard Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
This is the first high-resolution, colour image to be sent back by the cameras on the underside of the rover after its landing.Perseverance can be seen in this enhanced colour image at its landing site, six days after touchdown. You can see the two bright zones to the sides of the rover that have been scoured clear by the descent stage rockets and the dark material appears to have been funnelled outward both in front and behind the rover.Perseverance is carrying an advanced payload of science instruments to gather information about the planet's geology, atmosphere and environmental conditions. The camera that took this image is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.This is a view of the rover's deck and provides a good look at PIXL, one of the instruments on the rover's stowed arm that will be used to identify chemical elements.PIXL also includes a camera that takes close-up images of rThis is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, the rover's zoomable pair of cameras. The picture was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images.This wind-carved rock seen in the panoramame direction, providing a stereo view similar to what human eyes would see.
A detail taken from the top of the panorama shows the rim of Jezero Crater, Perseverance's landing site. The rim is several kilometres away.
This image was taken by the "left eye" of Mastcam-Z. The left and right cameras are next to each other and point in the same direction, providing a stereo view similar to what human eyes would see.
The earliest pictures sent back were made during the rover's descent. Here, Perseverance is being lowered on three nylon ropes and an "umbilical cord". When the rover's wheels touched the ground, the tethers were severed.
In this image, the "right eye" of Mastcam-Z has zoomed in on what is probably a section of the ancient delta in Jezero that has become isolated from the main formation as a result of erosion over time. The layered sediments of the delta are one of the key science targets for the rover in its search for signs of ancient life.
This image was also made during the descent. When the rover was about 11km (7 miles) above the ground, the spacecraft deployed the supersonic parachute to slow its fall.
The surface of Mars directly below the rover in the final moments before touchdown. This picture shows streams of surface dust being pushed away from the vehicle by exhaust ploumes.Another image looking down on Jezero during the descent. The rover eventually touched down towards the centre-left of this picture. The raised ground to the right is the remnant delta formed when an ancient river flowed into the lake-filled crater and dropped its sediment. Rock and soil samples from the delta will be encased in tubes, and left on the ground to be returned to Earth at a future date.
