Astrobiology Droid Perseverance Is At The Base of Jezero Crater’s Rim

The view looks northwest from the southern edge of the crater. A blue icon shows Perseverance’s general location as of Aug. 14, 2024, the 1,238th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The rover began its ascent of the crater rim on Aug. 27, 2024.

Perseverance will encounter slopes of up to 23 degrees (rover drivers plan routes to avoid slopes that would tilt the rover more than 30 degrees) on its way to summit at a place nicknamed “Aurora Park.”

The high-resolution base map was created with images from the HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, while the broader color base map is from the High-Resolution Stereo camera on ESA’s (the European Space Agency’s) Mars Express. Color processing has been applied to both maps to highlight surface features.

Date Created:2024-08-27 larger image

Astrobiology