Real Mars First 360 Degree Panorama Crater Rim

This is the first 360degree panorama taken by Mastcam, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASAs Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on Earth from 142 individual images taken on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission Feb. 21, 2021. Annotated versions of this panorama include a scale bar and closeups of rock features seen in the distance. A detail shot from the top of the panorama shows the rim of Jezero Crater, Perseverances landing site. Arizona State University in Tempe leads the operations of the MastcamZ instrument, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. A key objective for Perseverances mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planets geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith, broken rock and dust. Subsequent NASA missions