More galleries
-
Gallery
-
Gallery
-
Gallery
-
Gallery
-
Gallery
Latest images
-
Image
Rim of Jezero Crater in a panorama
The first 360-degree panorama captured by Mastcam-Z on board the Mars rover Perseverance shows the rim of Jezero Crater. The panorama was assembled on Earth from 142 individual images acquired on Sol 3, the third Martian day of the mission. -
Image
Detail in the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z
In the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, this rock, sculped into a characteristic shape by wind-transported sand, shows the level of detail captured by the camera system. -
Image
Mastcam-Z Looks at Its Calibration Target
Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, imaged its calibration target for the first time on Feb. 20, 2021, the second Martian day, or sol, of Perseverance’s mission. Visible in this natural-color composite are the Mastcam-Z primary-color and grayscale calibration target (the colorful circular object at right foreground) as well as the camera's secondary calibration target (the small colorful L-bracket just below the primary target). The Mastcam-Z team uses these targets to calibrate images of the Martian terrain to adjust for changes in brightness and dust in the atmosphere throughout the day. -
Image
Working en route
As soon as the transport has passed by, the road signs are put back in place. -
Image
Final preparations at the port of Bad Wimpfen
The container as it was about to be raised from the hold. To the right, part of the transport chassis has been prepared to receive it.
Latest videos
-
Video
Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Land | Video from Mars!
New video from NASA’s Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent and landing on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as the spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars. -
Video
Flight over Jezero Crater – landing site of the Mars 2020 mission
A simulated flight over Jezero Crater on Mars. Home to a standing body of water more than 3.5 billion years ago, this crater is where NASA’s Mars 2020 mission Perseverance rover will land to search for signs of past microbial life. The video is based on data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, which has been in orbit around Mars since 2003. HRSC is operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). -
Video
Flight over Jezero Crater – landing site of the Mars 2020 mission
A simulated flight over Jezero Crater on Mars. Home to a standing body of water more than 3.5 billion years ago, this crater is where NASA’s Mars 2020 mission Perseverance rover will land to search for signs of past microbial life. The video is based on data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, which has been in orbit around Mars since 2003. HRSC is operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). -
Video
DLR planetary research and NASA's Mars 2020 mission
For decades, Mars has played an important role in the Solar System research activities of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It has become increasingly clear that Earth’s neighbour in space shared more similarities with Earth in its early days than it does today. It is therefore considered to be the planet on which the existence of life long ago – or perhaps even today – is most conceivable. DLR scientists are involved in NASA’s Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover, particularly for image processing and evaluation. In this video, they explain the scientific context of the mission, the process of the extremely technically demanding landing on Mars and the geology of the landing site in the Jezero Crater. -
Video
SOFIA landed at Cologne Bonn Airport
On 4 February 2021 at 15:33, the SOFIA airborne observatory landed at Cologne Bonn Airport. From there, SOFIA will explore the night sky over Europe until 16 March.
