Nov 15, 2024 · Sealing in Perseverance's First Sample: The first cored sample of Mars rock acquired by NASA’s Perseverance rover is sealed inside its titanium container tube in this image taken by rover’s Sampling and Caching System Camera (known as CacheCam).

Feb 16, 2021 · This narrated animation shows NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars and how the rover's SuperCam laser instrument works. SuperCam is led by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the instrument's Body Unit was developed.

On the NASA 2020 rover mission to Jezero crater, the remote determination of the texture, mineralogy and chemistry of rocks is essential to quickly and thoroughly characterize an area and to...

Schematic diagram showing the major units and subcomponents of the SuperCam instrument suite. The Mast Unit (MU) consists of the main laser which provides two wavelengths using two Galilean beam expanders, the telescope, a continuous-wave laser (CWL) for …

For rover surface operations, the following key battery metrics are monitored each sol: • Bus and Battery Voltage – Expected to be between 29.3 V and 32.8 V • Battery minimum SOC – Verify battery SOC is no lower than 40% • Maximum battery discharge current – Verify battery discharge current does not exceed 12 A per battery

Mar 10, 2021 · Perched atop the rover’s mast, SuperCam’s 12-pound (5.6-kilogram) sensor head can perform five types of analyses to study Mars’ geology and help scientists choose which rocks the rover should sample in its search for signs of ancient microbial life.

Apr 12, 2021 · SuperCam operates at remote distances, primarily 2–7 m, while providing data at sub-mm to mm scales. We report on SuperCam’s science objectives in the context of the Mars 2020 mission goals and ways the different techniques can address these questions.

We utilize SuperCam's Mars microphone to provide information on wind speed and turbulence at high frequencies on Mars. To do so, we first demonstrate the sensitivity of the microphone signal...

This narrated animation shows NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars and how the rover's SuperCam laser instrument works. SuperCam is led by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the instrument's Body Unit was developed.

Jun 10, 2021 · Since landing on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has been hard at work analyzing rocks and soil on the floor of Jezero Crater with the SuperCam instrument. SuperCam features a rock-vaporizing laser, camera, and …