NASA's Perseverance rover is the first spacecraft ever tasked with finding past life on Mars. Mars 2020 uses a new generation of engineering cameras that build on the capabilities of past Mars rover cameras. Perseverance's WATSON camera snapped this photo of the rover's underbelly showing the detached debris shield and the stowed Martian helicopter. That makes the image a selfie, of sorts. SHERLOC is partnered with a camera worthy of its namesake detective: WATSON (the Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering). These are some of the most informative observations that cameras can provide for those in the business of landing spacecraft on Mars. WATSON provides views of the fine-scale textures and structures in Martian rocks and the rocky debris and dust that cover so much of the Martian surface. See Gallery ›, Mars Perseverance Sol 45: Right Mastcam-Z Camera, Mars Perseverance Sol 45: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, Mars Perseverance Sol 45: Left Navigation Camera (Navcam). After Perseverance lands on Mars and NASA does a few other tasks, that camera takes a picture of the tracking code itself and sends that picture back to Earth. 04 - Apr. Perseverance's selfie with Ingenuity was stitched together from 62 individual images taken while the rover was looking at the helicopter, then again while it was looking at the WATSON camera. Not that we should be anthropomorphizing rovers, but look at this lovely selfie snapped on April 7, 2021 (sol 46) by Perseverance's SHERLOC WATSON camera… An onboard spectrograph records the spectrum of the plasma, which reveals the composition of the material. Inside the rover underbelly, at the top of the sample cache. NASA just released an awesome new photo that shows the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter in the same frame on Mars. While the spacecraft was dangling beneath the parachute, the wide-angle Lander Vision System Camera was looking downward, busily taking images of the rapidly approaching surface. Images captured by the camera reveal dusty particles. After Perseverance lands on Mars and NASA does a few other tasks, that camera takes a picture of the tracking code itself and sends that picture back to Earth. WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) captures the images that bridge the scale from the very detailed images and maps that SHERLOC collects of Martian minerals and organics to the broader scales that SuperCam and Mastcam-Z observe from the mast. It seeks organic compounds that could be related to past life on Mars. It is almost identical to the MAHLI hand-lens camera on the Curiosity rover. The 3D views give Mars 2020 the ability to make its own decisions about where to drive without consulting on every move with the rover team on Earth. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS. They certainly gave a dramatic sense of the ride down to the surface! Mars 2020 rebaptisé « Perseverance », est la nouvelle mission NASA, bâtie autour d’une doublure de Curiosity auquel il ressemble beaucoup. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. But combined with SHERLOC, WATSON can do even more: The team can precisely map SHERLOC's findings over WATSON's images to help reveal how different mineral layers formed and overlap. Take pictures, looking up and down, during descent and landing on Mars, Take pictures during descent, looking downward from the rover, to aid in, Mounted on the left side near the front of the rover, pointed straight down, Used for driving around on Mars and for positioning the tools on the robotic arm, Mounted at the front and rear of the rover's body, pointing down toward the ground, Mounted high on the rover's mast; left and right "eyes" are about 16.5 inches (42 centimeters) apart. L'exploration de Mars par Perseverance est le déroulement de la mission de l'astromobile de la mission spatiale Mars 2020.Cet engin développé par la NASA s'est posé le 18 février 2021 à la surface de la planète Mars dans le cratère d'impact Jezero. The cameras are next to each other and point in the same direction, providing a 3-D view similar to what human eyes would see, only better. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras that takes color images and video, three-dimensional stereo images, and has a powerful zoom lens. Videos explaining how NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers take their selfies can be found here. Precisely where did the vehicle touch down in the landing area? Engineers also use the front HazCams to see where to move the robotic arm to take measurements, photos, and collect rock and soil samples. This image was acquired on Mar. The Watson camera is located at the "hand" or turret at the end of Perseverance's robotic arm. Perseverance’s Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering (WATSON) captured each stage of the deployment process. Sherloc is located at the end of the robotic arm on Perseverance; Watson is a camera that works with Sherloc to capture images of rock textures. The photo was taken about 13 feet (3.9 meters) from the rover by the WATSON camera on the SHERLOC instrument, located at the end of the rover’s long robotic arm.