#perseverance mars

[magpithy]

Losing my shit over Perseverance's pet rock.

I want what they have

#mars rover #perseverance #mars #space rock #steven universe wishes it was this #besties

[aspaceinthecosmos]

Haven't seen anything about Ingenuity on tumblr yet, so I guess I'll make a post about it

Ingenuity (sometimes called Ginny) was an companion craft to Perseverance, one of the rovers currently on Mars. As opposed to any of the past rovers, however, Ingenuity was a rotorcraft intended to fly above Mars' surface.

After landing on Mars in February of 2021 and completing its first flight on April 19th, 2021, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another planet. Its original goal was only 5 flights, but it well surpassed that number, logging 72 flights with over two hours of in-air time.

On January 18th, 2024, Ingenuity lost contact with Perseverance midway through a flight, and a few days later, NASA had confirmation that the rotors were damaged, leaving Ingenuity incapable of flight.

So long, Ingenuity. You did so much <3

Source:

#just jupiter #aspaceinthecosmos #space #astronomy #outer space #mars #ingenuity #perseverance #mars rover #nasa

[krakenmare]

Perseverance: Martian eclipse,Phobos crosses the sun (May 9, 2022)

#astronomy #krakenmare #solar system #astrophotography #outer space #nasa #space #thank you nasa #phobos #mars #eclipse #Martian eclipse #perseverance

[adastra-sf]

Solar eclipse from Mars

We're uniquely situated with our Moon to produce total eclipses of the Sun - the geometry is such that, from our POV, our sister world completely covers our star when its orbit is just right.

Though Mars has two moons, they're both absolutely tiny compared to our Moon - Phobos is 17 miles (27 km) in diameter along its largest axis, and Deimos is only 7.6 miles (12.4 km) across. BTW, Mars is only about half the size of Earth (4219 miles/ 6790 km vs our 7922 miles/ 12750 km), but even proportionally they're teeny.

And even though they orbit way closer to Mars than our Moon orbits us, Mars orbits much farther away from the Sun (average 1.52 times as distant) - thus the disc of the Sun in the Martian sky is just a little over half its size in our sky.

So even with all the geometric advantages, those moons are so minute they just can't blot out much of the Sun during an eclipse.

Here's a Martian-POV solar eclipse courtesy of Phobos:

Perseverance rover took this video a couple years ago - it's the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. (That's about the sunspot population we saw during our most-recent eclipse, too!)

Mars may never get a solar eclipse like those we enjoy on Earth, but they're still pretty cool.

#solar eclipse #Mars #Phobos #Perseverance rover #astronomy #my screencaps

[mindblowingscience]

An experiment that took place on Mars has shown that it's feasible to extract breathable oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere. From its little home in the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover, the briefcase-sized Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Experiment (MOXIE) has been repeatedly breaking apart molecules in Mars air to generate a small, but steady supply of oxygen. Now, MOXIE is getting set to retire, after a job well done. "MOXIE's impressive performance shows that it is feasible to extract oxygen from Mars' atmosphere – oxygen that could help supply breathable air or rocket propellant to future astronauts," says NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.

Continue Reading.

#Science #NASA #Mars #Chemistry #Space #Astronomy #Oxygen #perseverance rover

[the-planet-mercury]

EVERYONE ITS CURIOSITY'S SIXTH BIRTHDAY ON MARS EVERYONE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY IT LANDED ON MARS ON RISHABHA 13, 31 (AUGUST 6, 2012) TODAY IS RISHABHA 13, 37 6 LONG YEARS OF VALUABLE SCIENCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY CURIOSITY

#curiosity #perseverance #ingenuity #mars rover #mars #nasa #birthday #space #space exploration

[timesnewfishcat]

hello there

#art #fishcatart #space #perseverance #mars #mars rover #ingenuity #man i love drawing rocks #based on that one picture ingenuity took of perseverance from far away

[g4laxy-drag0n]

Edit: if I may add something, I'm not referring to their ground control when I say Spirit and Oppy are controlled by Macbooks. I mean the actual computer brains inside the rovers - as well as those for most of the 1990s-2000s Mars missions - were the same computers that were used in Macbooks. Enjoy!

#mars #space #spaceflight #nasa #history #mars rover #mars rovers #mars odyssey #insight #spirit #opportunity #oppy #ingenuity #perseverance #odyssey

[roboticsappreciationsociety]

By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent@BBCAmos

Nasa says its Perseverance rover has essentially completed the job it was asked to do when it landed on Mars in February 2021.

The robot's basic requirement was to survey an ancient crater lake and to collect rocks that would aid the quest to identify evidence for past life.

This primary objective had been accomplished, the mission team told a major conference in San Francisco.

The announcement was made on the 1,000th Martian day of the mission.

"It's a pretty incredible achievement and we've done an amazing amount of science," said Nasa's director of planetary science, Dr Lori Glaze.

This does not mean Perseverance is about to park up and "switch off the engine".

Plenty of challenges lie ahead.

#robot #robotics #mars rover #perseverance #nasa

[spacecdt]

Landing of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

#go for queue deploy #nasa #mars #rover #perseverance #mars rover #nasa gif #mars 2020 #mars landing #nasa mars #nasa perseverance #robot #robotics #astrobiology #Space and Astronomy #space #spaceflight #space exploration #space travel #mars exploration #science #technology #stem #nasa mars2020 #gif

[kosmonautensuppe]

Data and imagery from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover indicate one of two covers that keep dust from accumulating on the optics of the SHERLOC instrument remains partially open. In this position, the cover interferes with science data collection operations. Mounted on the rover’s robotic arm, SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) uses cameras, a spectrometer, and a laser to search for organic compounds and minerals that have been altered in watery environments and may be signs of past microbial life.

The mission determined on Jan. 6 that the cover was oriented in such a position that some of its operation modes could not successfully operate. An engineering team has been investigating to determine the root cause and possible solutions. Recently, the cover partially opened. To better understand the behavior of the cover’s motor, the team has been sending commands to the instrument that alter the amount of power being fed to it.

With the cover in its current position, the instrument cannot use its laser on rock targets, and cannot collect spectroscopy data.

However, imaging microscopy can still be acquired with WATSON, a color camera on SHERLOC used for taking close-up images of rock grains and surface textures. WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) operates through a different aperture.

#january the 6th...sherlock holmes birthday...maybe a bit too much 7% solution? #mars #perseverance #sherlock holmes #john watson #nasa

[promithiae]

Eeeeeee hehehehehehe

The seller never got back to me when I emailed them about printing the pictures so I had to do it myself, which involved a long argument with my printer. But behold! Mars rovers in my locket!

#opportunity rover #perseverance rover #mars rovers #blorbos from my space program

[lizardzap]

what’s that did someone ask for more martians? i think someone asked for more martians.

#lizart #curiosity #ingenuity #perseverance #gijinka #space #my ocs #mars 2020 #curiosity rover #perseverance rover #mars helicopter #ingenuity helicopter #mars #nasa #17776 oc #17776

[krakenmare]

Perseverance: using its auto-navigation, or AutoNav, technology to guide during its drive to the delta (April 9, 2022)

#astrophotography #astronomy #solar system #outer space #space #nasa #thank you nasa #mars #perseverance #perseverance rover #planets #krakenmare #mars planet

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

NASA's Perseverance Rover Sees Solar Eclipse on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. Several Mars rovers have observed Phobos crossing in front of the Sun over the past 18 years. Spirit and Opportunity made the first observations back in 2004; Curiosity in 2019 was the first to record video of the event. Each time these eclipses are observed, they allow scientists to measure subtle shifts in Phobos’ orbit over time. The moon’s tidal forces pull on the deep interior of the Red Planet, as well as its crust and mantle; studying how much Phobos shifts over time reveals something about how resistant the crust and mantle are, and thus what kinds of materials they’re made of. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

#Mars #Phobos #solar eclipse #eclipse #space #astronomy #astrophotography #Perseverance rover #NASA #religion is a mental illness #Youtube

[pepperedart]

My mars gremlins,,,

#mars rovers #mars rover #curiosity #curiosity rover #mars 2020 #perseverance #perseverance rover #percy #ingenuity #ginny #opportunity rover #oppy #zhurong #my art #art #artists on tumblr #personification #nasa #mars