Mars 360: NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover - Sol 0002 (360video 4K)

Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet The images for panorama obtained by the rover’s Navigation Camera (Navcam). The mosaic, which stretches about 4000 pixels width, includes 8 images taken on Sol 0002 (February 20, 2021). “For those who wonder how you land on Mars – or why it is so difficult – or how cool it would be to do so – you need look no further,“ said acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk. “Perseverance is just getting started, and already has provided some of the most iconic visuals in space exploration history. It reinforces the remarkable level of engineering and precision that is required to build and fly a vehicle to the Red Planet.“ A microphone attached to the rover did not collect usable data during the descent, but the commercial off-the-shelf device survived the highly dynamic descent to the surface and obtained sounds from Jezero Crater on Feb. 20. About 10 seconds into the 60-second recording, a Martian breeze is audible for a few seconds, as are mecha