NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California plan to provide another update on Perseverance Mars rover and the Ingenuity helicopter Friday as they begin to prepare for science operations ahead on the red planet.
Already the space agency released the first ever sound recorded on Mars taken by Percy and the first photos taken from the rover’s jetpack as it landed.
According to NASA, there have already been more firsts for the six-wheeled robot since its landing. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down in the Jezero Crater on Feb.
18 where it will search for signs of ancient life in the dried up lake bed. Mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare the rover to begin using its wheels and science