NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Could Get Stuck On Mars || Perseverance Facing Challenges On Mars

NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Could Get Stuck in Sand Dunes as it Faces Challenges On Mars!

The title of this video is a bit misleading as you will find when you read below...

The area in Jezero Crater where "Percy" is now has an expanse of Sand Dunes and accordingly, NASA Mission Control is being very careful how it examines this area and more than likely will not enter the dunes for fear the sand would be too soft and "Percy" would get mired down in it and might not get out! Ingenuity had provided video from its July 5th flight so Mission Control is better able to manage the ongoing analysis of this region... I am sure that a 10th flight over this same area will tell more to NASA Scientists and others...

Here is the information provided to Physics Insight by NASA:

Physics Insight:
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew over these sand dune fields in a region of Jezero Crater nicknamed “Séítah” during its ninth flight, on July 5, 2021, the 133rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This sand is too risky for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover to visit (it could get stuck), but scientists are still able to learn about this region by studying it from Ingenuity’s images.

The first image in the video was captured by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover's Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on July 9, 2021 (Sol 137).

The other images were taken by Ingenuity Helicopter's Onboard Camera during its 9th flight on July 5, 2021.

Images Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Enjoy, my Brothers and Sisters!
Kerry
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