Anomation of the Perseverance Rover driving on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech
Science as Perseverance prepares and dislodges pebbles to head back north.
Well soon be on the relocation once again after shaking loose some pesky pebbles that became lodged in Perseverances bit carousel. How has the science team been making the very best use of our prolonged stay at the Issole parking space, and preparing for our next phase of science examinations?
As laid out formerly, the team made excellent progress ejecting pebbles that became lodged in the interior of Perseverances bit carousel, but two more persistent ones remained on the outside. The rover just recently finished a little “bump” of 3 meters and: success! The two staying pebbles shook loose. Determination then rearranged itself once again at the Issole outcrop to re-take what will be our second sample of a set at this location (third times the appeal!) prior to driving back north again.
Mars Perseverance Sol 328– SuperCam Camera: Long-distance SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) image of the delta drawn from our existing area. The purpose of this image was to examine a few of the top layers of the delta in more detail and to much better understand the structure of the delta. This image was gotten on Jan. 21, 2022 (Sol 328) at the local mean solar time of 08:58:28. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/ CNES/IRAP.
In the meantime, the science team has been hard at work preparing for our next stage of science operations, which will take us towards the western delta. Weve also continued with atmospheric science, including data collection during a dust storm coming from in Hellas that passed over the rover throughout sols 312-318 (~ 5th– 11th of January).
Looking forward, after we finish sampling at this place, Perseverance will move back to Artuby ridge where well carry out proximity science at a location understood as “Rimplas”. These decisions, as all decisions on a mission as complex and enthusiastic as Mars 2020, will be a tradeoff in between sols (the martian days well invest) and the expected science return. Along the method, science observations might consist of investigations of the craters we pass throughout our journey to the delta.
The group is starting to prepare these observations now, since with Perseverances self-governing driving abilities, well be at the delta before we understand it. The group is eagerly anticipating being on the roadway (or on the rove) again!
Written by Eleni Ravanis, Student Collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
As outlined formerly, the group made excellent progress ejecting pebbles that ended up being lodged in the interior of Perseverances bit carousel, but two more persistent ones remained on the exterior. Mars Perseverance Sol 328– SuperCam Camera: Long-distance SuperCam Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) image of the delta taken from our present location. In the meantime, the science team has been hard at work preparing for our next stage of science operations, which will take us towards the western delta. Looking forward, after we end up tasting at this location, Perseverance will move back to Artuby ridge where well undertake proximity science at an area known as “Rimplas”. Along the way, science observations might include investigations of the craters we pass throughout our journey to the delta.