Navcam Panorama of the Perseverance Rover's Deck

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Navcam Panorama of the Perseverance Rover's Deck: February 22, 2021 

The Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, on board NASA's Perseverance Mars wanderer caught this perspective on the meanderer's deck on Feb. 20, 2021. This view gives a decent gander at PIXL (the Planetary Instrument for X-beam Lithochemistry), one of the instruments on the meanderer's stowed arm. 

A critical target for Perseverance's main goal on Mars is astrobiology, including the quest for indications of antiquated microbial life. The meanderer will describe the planet's geography and past environment, prepare for human investigation of the Red Planet, and be the principal mission to gather and reserve Martian stone and regolith (broken stone and residue). 

Ensuing NASA missions, in participation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send shuttle to Mars to gather these fixed examples from the surface and return them to Earth for inside and out examination. 

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is essential for NASA's Moon to Mars investigation approach, which incorporates Artemis missions to the Moon that will help get ready for human investigation of the Red Planet. 

JPL, which is overseen for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, fabricated and oversees activities of the Perseverance meanderer.