Mars: Reminiscent of The American West | NASA's Perseverance Rover

Mars: Reminiscent of The American West | NASA's Perseverance Rover

This new panoramic view from NASA's Perseverance Rover of a stark Martian landscape is like a scene from a classic American western film or similar to views of Spain's Tabernas Desert—but without vegetation. You can almost imagine dramatic soundtrack elements from Italian composer, Ennio Morricone, playing in the background like those featured in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). 

When will the first feature-length "films" be made on Mars?

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.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity) is now in an operations demo phase.

For more about Perseverance:

mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

nasa.gov/perseverance

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 395 - Mastcam-Z

Release Date: March 18, 2022

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