#perseverance rover

[torgwn]

something i made last month (id in alt)

pronouns are xe/xem/xyr or xey/xem/xyr or they/them

[perfectly-princely-emo-nightmare]

Guys I’m gonna cry. Percy has a pet rock.

[adastra-sf]

Solar eclipse from Mars

We're uniquely situated with our Moon to produce total eclipses of the Sun - the geometry is such that, from our POV, our sister world completely covers our star when its orbit is just right.

Though Mars has two moons, they're both absolutely tiny compared to our Moon - Phobos is 17 miles (27 km) in diameter along its largest axis, and Deimos is only 7.6 miles (12.4 km) across. BTW, Mars is only about half the size of Earth (4219 miles/ 6790 km vs our 7922 miles/ 12750 km), but even proportionally they're teeny.

And even though they orbit way closer to Mars than our Moon orbits us, Mars orbits much farther away from the Sun (average 1.52 times as distant) - thus the disc of the Sun in the Martian sky is just a little over half its size in our sky.

So even with all the geometric advantages, those moons are so minute they just can't blot out much of the Sun during an eclipse.

Here's a Martian-POV solar eclipse courtesy of Phobos:

Perseverance rover took this video a couple years ago - it's the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. (That's about the sunspot population we saw during our most-recent eclipse, too!)

Mars may never get a solar eclipse like those we enjoy on Earth, but they're still pretty cool.

[krakenmare]

Perseverance: using its auto-navigation, or AutoNav, technology to guide during its drive to the delta (April 9, 2022)

[mindblowingscience]

An experiment that took place on Mars has shown that it's feasible to extract breathable oxygen from the thin Martian atmosphere. From its little home in the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover, the briefcase-sized Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Experiment (MOXIE) has been repeatedly breaking apart molecules in Mars air to generate a small, but steady supply of oxygen. Now, MOXIE is getting set to retire, after a job well done. "MOXIE's impressive performance shows that it is feasible to extract oxygen from Mars' atmosphere – oxygen that could help supply breathable air or rocket propellant to future astronauts," says NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.

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[promithiae]

Eeeeeee hehehehehehe

The seller never got back to me when I emailed them about printing the pictures so I had to do it myself, which involved a long argument with my printer. But behold! Mars rovers in my locket!

[lizardzap]

what’s that did someone ask for more martians? i think someone asked for more martians.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

NASA's Perseverance Rover Sees Solar Eclipse on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. Several Mars rovers have observed Phobos crossing in front of the Sun over the past 18 years. Spirit and Opportunity made the first observations back in 2004; Curiosity in 2019 was the first to record video of the event. Each time these eclipses are observed, they allow scientists to measure subtle shifts in Phobos’ orbit over time. The moon’s tidal forces pull on the deep interior of the Red Planet, as well as its crust and mantle; studying how much Phobos shifts over time reveals something about how resistant the crust and mantle are, and thus what kinds of materials they’re made of. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

[pepperedart]

My mars gremlins,,,

[improbabledreams900]

Rest in peace Ingenuity, which was damaged during its 72nd flight on January 18, 2024 and decommissioned a few days later. The Perseverance rover snapped a final picture of the helicopter, which will rest forever in the dunes of Valinor Hills.

[danikoshi-doodles]

Decided to quickly revisit and revamp my Perseverance design because my old WIP sketch for 'em was absolutely atrocious 🤩

[helljunker]

[the-mushroom-faerie]

I'm gonna friking CRY-

[reminderofapast]

Ever since I had to move, I go outside every night and look for Mars

I think about Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity and wonder what they think

Do they feel the same longing for home?

Do they also crave familiar soil beneath them?

Have they embraced not only change, but the uncertain future?

Have they made peace with their purpose?

Do they feel abandoned?

Does it hurt them that their lives are short but inevitably they will outlive their creators?

Are the stars just as beautiful up there?

Do they ever look up into the night and search for us?

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Are they as lonely as I never say I am?

How do they mourn the earth? Their birthplace, their creator, the place they can never return?

How can I?

[krakenmare]

Perseverance Rover's First Image from Mars (February 18, 2021)

[leapingmonkeys]

After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends