Journalism of Courage
Less than 24 hours after NASA’s science rover Perseverance landed on Mars, the United States space agency released a number of colourful images of the Red Planet. This picture shows the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing. (Credit: NASA)
The spacecraft has been equipped with a record 25 cameras and two microphones. Several of these cameras were turned on during the rover’s descent to the planet, thereby capturing striking images which show phenomenal details of the rover’s landing till about 2 meters off the ground. (Credit: NASA)
The landing photo was taken by a camera placed on the “sky crane” descent-stage, just above the rover. (Credit: NASA)
The images were snapped during the crucial last minutes of the rover’s descent, also referred to as the “seven minutes of terror”, when it was travelling at 12,000 miles per hour. (Credit: NASA)
On Saturday, Mission controllers at NASA received first reports from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter which was attached to the belly of the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The reports indicated the operation normalcy for both the rover and the helicopter. (Credit: NASA)
The perseverance rover, which is the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, safely landed on the Martian surface in the early hours of Thursday. This picture is the first black and white look of planet mars revealed by rover on Thursday. (Credit: NASA)
Dave Scholz, Mars 2020 aeroshell principal engineer, views a photo of Mars on a wall, to point out where the location of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be landing, at Lockheed Martin Space’s Waterton Campus in Littleton, Colo., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (Photo: Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
David Buecher, program manager, views a photo of Mars during NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing being broadcast live by NASA TV. Buecher designed the separation hardware for the heat shield for the Mars 2020 mission. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette via AP)
