AkaSci 🛰️ on Nostr: As reported at AGU24 last week, Mars rover Perseverance has completed its 2024 ...

As reported at AGU24 last week, Mars rover Perseverance has completed its 2024 campaign by reaching the top of Jezero Crater’s western rim, having ascended 1,640 vertical feet in about 3½ months.

In the campaign for 2025, named the “Northern Rim,” the rover will drive west and south, visiting about 4 sites of geologic interest, take several samples, and drive about 6.4 km.

The map below shows the approx. route.

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-perseverance-rover-reaches-top-of-jezero-crater-rim/#hds-sidebar-nav-1
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/location-map/
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