Perseverance s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science
Mastcam-Z Views Santa Cruz on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of “Santa Cruz,” a hill about 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) away from the rover, on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The entire scene is inside of Mars’ Jezero Crater; the crater’s rim can be seen on the horizon line beyond the hill. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS. Full image and caption ›
NASA’s newest Mars rover is beginning to study the floor of an ancient crater that once held a lake.