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#Curiosity's 360-Degree Panorama of 'Avanavero' Drill Site! #NASA’s Curiosity #Mars #rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama of at the “Avanavero” drill site. The panorama is made up of 127 individual images taken on June 20, 2022, the 3,509th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, and stitched together back on Earth. The color has been adjusted to match the lighting conditions as the human eye would perceive them on Earth. At this location, Curiosity used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a rock sample for analysis by laboratory instruments inside the vehicle. It has collected more than three dozen such samples in its decade on the #RedPlanet. The last image was captured by Curiosity on Sept. 9, 2015, when NASA’s Mars rover was many miles from its current location. #JPL #engineering #exploration #spacecraft #science

#Perseverance Scouts Landing Sites for #Mars Sample Return Campaign! #NASA’s Perseverance Mars #rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this image of flat terrain in #JezeroCrater. This is one possible site that NASA may consider for a #MarsSampleReturn lander that would collect Perseverance’s samples of Mars rock and sediment in the future. The lander would serve as the launch platform for a Mars Ascent Vehicle that would blast off from Mars, delivering the samples to an orbiter as part of their journey to #Earth for intensive study. Choosing an area that lacks large rocks (especially those over 7 1/2 inches, or 19 centimeters, in diameter), sand dunes, and steeply angled terrain would go a long way toward easing the path for an MSR recovery vehicle to efficiently grab tubes before heading to the lander. #JPL #RedPlanet #engineering #exploration #spacecraft #science

Twenty-five years ago today, a true pioneer touched down. Sojourner proved we could drive on #Mars; each rover since has done true overland exploration. Percy is the fifth rover in this line, collecting samples that could one day return to Earth and rewrite history. Onward. #NASA #JPL #RedPlanet #engineering #exploration #spacecraft #science

From earlier, distant views, the team nicknamed this area “the bacon strip.” Now that we're up on top, we’re calling it “Hogwallow Flats” – and the nearby rocks are a sight to behold. The team is happy as pigs in mud! Map: go.nasa.gov/3sZ16NO #NASA #JPL #RedPlanet #mars #engineering #exploration #spacecraft #science

#NASA’s InSight Mars lander captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. #JPL #RedPlanet #mars #engineering #exploration #spacecraft #science