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Perseverance debris on Mars

author: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

reference: e-son27-64028

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 19 cm

This image of Perseverance?s backshell sitting upright on the surface of Jezero Crater was collected from an altitude of 26 feet (8 meters) by NASA?s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 26th flight at Mars on April 19, 2022. The tangle of cables seen streaming out from the top of the backshell, and coated with Martian dust on the surface, are high-strength suspension lines that connect the backshell to Perseverance?s supersonic parachute (upper left). The backshell and parachute helped protect the rover in deep space and during its fiery descent toward the Martian surface.

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2022 - CAPSULE - HELICOPTER - INGENUITY - MARS - MARS 2020 - PARACHUTE - PERSEVERANCE - PLANET - POLLUTION - ROVER - SPACE - SPACE DEBRIS - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -