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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover deploys wind sensor as health checks continue – Firstpost
Perseverance’s first big job will reportedly be to find an airfield where the Ingenuity helicopter can take off.
tech2 News StaffMar 04, 2021 13:59:12 IST
A fortnight since its widely-documented touch down on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover continues to find its bearings and stretch its numerous ‘arms’ on the Red Planet. Since the 18 February landing, the rover team has been performing a methodical battery of tests on its seven science instruments, and begun deploying the ones that work. In the latest deployment, Perseverance deployed its wind sensor, as seen in photographs captured by the navigation cameras…
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