NASA’s Endurance Mars rover captured this view of a hill in Mars’ Jezero Crater called “Santa Cruz” on April 29, 2021, the 68th Mars day, or sol. , of the mission. averaging about 20 inches (50 cm) across, the rocks in the foreground are among the rocks the expedition team named “Ch’al” (the Navajo term means “frog” and pronounced “Ch’al”). is “chesh”).
Comprised of multiple images, this enhanced color mosaic was created using the left and right eye views of Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera system, combining the scene into a single view, Wider. The Santa Cruz Hills are the eroded remains of the plains west of Jezero Crater. The hill is about 164 feet (50 meters) high and about 1.6 miles (2.5 km) east when the picture was taken, as seen from the “Van Zyl Overlook”.
The primary goal for Perseverance’s mission to Mars is astrological biology, which includes the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will describe the planet’s past geology and climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and store rocks and regoliths on Mars (broken rock and dust).
NASA’s next missions, in partnership with ESA (European Space Agency), will send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for specialized analysis. deep.
Image provider: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSLast Updated: March 3, 2022 Editor: Yvette Smith
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