An alien battleship in another world.

That's not too far from reality: an alien (to Mars) spaceship drops "wheels on the ground", then moves out, and dies.

The Sky Crane after delivering #Perseverance to the Martian ground. Umbilical cut. #Ingenuity held tight under the rover's belly.
Exactly 4 years ago.

De-bayered, processed EDL_RUCAM
RMC: 0.0000 (prelanding)
Sol: 0
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00293/ids/edr/browse/edl/EUE_0293_0692945892_348ECM_N0090000EDLC00293_0050LUJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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A split second before the umbilical cable is cut, the Sky Crane captures its last image of the rover in the cloud of dust raised by its thrusters.

The camera was located on the Sky Crane but the images were transferred through the umbilical cable to the rover.

De-bayered, processed EDL_RUCAM
RMC: 0.0000 (prelanding, corrected)
Sol: 0 (corrected)
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00293/ids/edr/browse/edl/ESE_0293_0692947446_347ECM_N0090000EDLC00293_0020LUJ02.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#LandingOnMars #Perseverance #Mars2020 #solarocks #space

An alien battleship in another world.

That's not too far from reality: an alien (to Mars) spaceship dropping "wheels on the ground", then moving out, and dying.

The Sky Crane after delivering #Perseverance to the Martian ground. Umbilical cut.

De-bayered, processed EDL_RUCAM
RMC: 0.0000 (prelanding, corrected)
Sol: 0 (corrected)
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00293/ids/edr/browse/edl/EUE_0293_0692945892_348ECM_N0090000EDLC00293_0050LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#LandingOnMars #Perseverance #Mars2020 #solarocks #space

#EEUU El rover de la #NASA amartizó con éxito en el Planeta Rojo: su misión es hallar vida extraterrestre en ese lugar. #NASARover #LandingOnMars

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#landingonmars

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg

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#LandingOnMars: Seven Minutes of Terror
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s

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