Perseverance’s Robotic Arm Starts Conducting Science

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its dual-camera Mastcam-Z imager to capture this image of “Santa Cruz,” a hill within Jezero Crater, on April 29, 2021, the 68th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

NASA’s Perseverance rover viewed these rocks with its Mastcam-Z imager on April 27, 2021.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Andrew Good
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Karen Fox / Alana Johnson
NASA Headquarters, Washington