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[4] [5] As of 1 March 2025, Perseverance has been active on Mars for 1433 sols (1,472 Earth days, or 4 years and 11 days) since its landing. Following the rover's arrival, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. [6] [7] Perseverance has a similar design to its predecessor rover, Curiosity, although it was moderately upgraded. It ...
Octavia E. Butler Landing is the February 18, 2021, landing site of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover within Jezero crater on planet Mars. On March 5, 2021, NASA named the site for the American science fiction author, Octavia E. Butler, who died on February 24, 2006. The Mars landing took place nearly 15 years to the day after her death.
Jezero, once considered a site for the Mars Science Laboratory, was later proposed as a landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission, carrying the rover Perseverance and the helicopter Ingenuity. [28] [29] In early 2017 it was selected as one of the top three candidate landing sites, along with northeast Syrtis, 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest. [30]
The post NASA Names Perseverance Landing Spot After Octavia E. Butler appeared first on Nerdist. NASA has named the site where the Perseverance Rover touched down on Mars after the late science ...
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first ...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Mars Perseverance rover – Panoramic view of landing site (18 February 2021) The Ingenuity helicopter views the Perseverance rover (left) about 85 m (279 ft) away from 5.0 m (16.4 ft) in the air (25 April 2021)
Perseverance launched on July 30, 2020, and landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The mission is the first step in what is known as the Mars Sample Return campaign, a collaboration between NASA and the ...