Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 February 27 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Perseverance Landing Site from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Explanation: Seen from orbit a day after a [3]dramatic arrival on the martian surface, the Perseverance landing site is identified in [4]this high-resolution view from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The orbiter's camera image also reveals the location of the [5]Mars 2020 mission descent stage, heat shield, and parachute and back shell that delivered Perseverance to the surface of Mars. Each annotated inset box spans 200 meters (650 feet) across the floor of Jezero Crater. [6]Perseverance is located at the center of the pattern created by rocket exhaust as the descent stage hovered and lowered the rover to the surface. Following the sky crane maneuver, the [7]descent stage itself flew away to crash at a safe distance from the rover, its final resting place indicated by a dark V-shaped debris pattern. Falling to the surface nearby after their separation in the landing sequence, [8]heat shield, [9]parachute and back shell locations are marked in the high-resolution image [10]from Mars orbit. Tomorrow's picture: northern lights __________________________________________________________________ [11]< | [12]Archive | [13]Submissions | [14]Index | [15]Search | [16]Calendar | [17]RSS | [18]Education | [19]About APOD | [20]Discuss | [21]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell ([25]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [26]Specific rights apply. [27]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC & [31]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2102/PIA24333_fig1.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210223.html 4. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/beta/catalog/PIA24333 5. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ 6. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24334 7. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24335 8. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24337 9. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24336 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190622.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210226.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210227 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210228.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 31. http://www.mtu.edu/