“Trailblazer was launched on July 30, 2020, and landed on the surface of Mars on the 18th of this month. (Video screenshot)
NASA (NASA) 22 released the “Perseverance” Mars probe sent back the first video, recording the “Perseverance” (Perseverance) from entering the Martian atmosphere to landing a detailed process, which can also hear the red The breeze on the red planet can be heard.
“Launched on July 30, 2020, Perseverance autonomously completed a series of complex descent and landing maneuvers on the 18th of this month in uncontrolled and harsh landing conditions, hailed as one of the most challenging feats in robotic spaceflight history. The project has been hailed as the most challenging feat in robotic spaceflight history.
The Trailblazer mission is a search for signs of Life on Mars’ past. The main mission will last more than two years, but may continue to operate.
AFP reports that the microphone was not operational when Trailblazer landed, but it was able to capture sound once it landed.
Dave Gruel, the lead engineer in charge of the camera and microphone system on Trailblazer, said, “The 10 seconds you hear is actually a microphone capturing a gust of wind on the surface of Mars and sending it back to us.”
NASA also released the first high-resolution film of the Trail landing, which is 3 minutes and 25 seconds long and was shot simultaneously by five cameras in three different locations on the rover, featuring a red and white 21.5-meter-wide parachute opening process.
NASA Assistant Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen said that the film of Trailblazer’s landing was “the best opportunity to experience landing on Mars without a spacesuit”.
The film clearly captures the entire process of Trailblazer’s descent, parachute opening, and landing from multiple angles, especially the moment of landing, which is spectacular with the huge dust rising from the surface of Mars.
The film shows the heat shield coming off after protecting Trailhead from entering the Martian atmosphere and the rover landing in the dust at Jezero Crater, north of the Martian equator.
Michael Watkins, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the Trailblazer mission, said, “This is the first Time we’ve ever been able to capture an event like the Mars landing.”
He said, “It’s really amazing film, and we’ve been binge-watching it all weekend.”
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