File:The Descent of Perseverance - Flickr - UAHiRISE (NASA).jpg

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The Mars 2020 descent stage holding NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere, its parachute trailing behind, in this image taken on 18 February 2021. The ancient river delta, which is the target of the Perseverance mission, can be seen entering Jezero Crater from the left.

HiRISE was approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) from Perseverance at the time of the image and traveling at about 3 kilometers per second (6,750 mph). The extreme distance and high speeds of the two spacecraft were challenging conditions that required precise timing and for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to both pitch upward and roll hard to the left so that Perseverance was viewable by HiRISE at just the right moment.

NASA/JPL/UArizona

uahirise.org/releases/perseverance
Date Taken on 19 February 2021, 20:13
Source The Descent of Perseverance
Author UAHiRISE (NASA)
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mars, nasa, mro, jpl, lpl, ua, hirise, uarizona, science, landscape

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by UAHiRISE (NASA) at https://flickr.com/photos/71688597@N05/50960598063. It was reviewed on 26 February 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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