Perseverance
Perseverance is NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, launched July 30, 2020, and landed in Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. Its mission is to search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize Mars’ geology, and collect samples for potential return to Earth.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Perseverance"
Mars Perseverance Sol 3
26/02/2021
Stitched together on planet Earth, 142 separate images make up this 360 degree panorama from the floor of Jezero Crater on Mars. The high-resolution color images were taken by the Perseverance rover's zoomable Mastcam-Z during mission sol 3, also known as February 21, 2021. In the foreground of Mastcam-Z's view is the car-sized rover's deck. Broad light-colored patches in the martian soil just beyond it were scoured by descent stage rocket engines during the rover's dramatic arrival on February 18. The rim of 45 kilometer-wide Jezero Crater rises in the distance. In the coming sols, Perseverance will explore the ancient lake-delta system in the crater, hunting for signs of past microscopic life and collecting samples for potential future return to planet Earth.