How is Perseverance's Mars landing different than Curiosity?

Perseverance entry, descent, and landing lead Allen Chen explains how the entry, descent and landing of the Mars rover differs from that of Curiosity.

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Ingenuity

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the first aircraft humanity has sent to another planet to attempt powered, controlled flight. If its experimental flight test program succeeds, the data returned could benefit future explorations of the Red Planet – including those by astronauts – by adding the aerial dimension, which is not available today.

Ingenuity weighs about 1.8kg on Earth and about 0.68kg on Mars. It features four specially made carbon fiber blades arranged into two 1.2-meter-long counter-rotating rotors that spin at roughly 2,400 rpm. A solar array on top of the rotor system charges six lithium-ion batteries. The drone also has two cameras: One color with a horizon-facing view for terrain images and one black-and-white
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How will we hear from Perseverance during Mars entry, descent and landing?

The rover's entry, descent, and landing lead Allen Chen explains.

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Mars 2020: Ingenuity

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the first aircraft humanity has sent to another planet to attempt powered, controlled flight. If its experimental flight test program succeeds, the data returned could benefit future explorations of the Red Planet – including those by astronauts – by adding the aerial dimension, which is not available today.

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Mars 2020: End of a Journey

After nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA’s Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars today. But, to reach the surface of the Red Planet, it has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.

Live coverage by NASA will begin at 19:15 UTC (in just over an hour) and Perseverance will enter the atmosphere at 20:48 UTC.
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NASA's Livestream has begun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ

Mission control audio:
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360° view of the control centre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIooAx_GkJs

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T-10 minutes to atmospheric entry!

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Touchdown confirmed!!!

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First image from Perseverance's Hazard Camera. Higher resolution images will come later.

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Second image has arrived from Perseverance!

As soon as we start receiving higher resolution images from the main cameras we will be sharing them here.

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