- Iqela lokunyamezela lafumana isiqabu xa libona iingxelo zempilo ye rover
- Iingxelo ze rover zibonise yonke into ibonakala isebenza njengoko bekulindelwe
- Ngokungafaniyo nokuhamba ngaphambili, uninzi lweekhamera zoNyamezelo zithatha imifanekiso ngombala
Ngaphantsi kosuku emva NASAI-Mars 2020 yoNyamezelo lokunyamezela lafika ngempumelelo kumphezulu we-Mars, iinjineli kunye nososayensi kwi-Jet Propulsion Laboratory ye-arhente eseMazantsi eCalifornia babesebenza nzima, belindele ukuthunyelwa okulandelayo okunyamezelayo. Njengoko idatha yangena ngokuthe ngcembe, yathunyelwa ziinqanawa ezininzi ezijikeleza iRed Planet, iqela lokunyamezela laye lakhululeka ukubona iingxelo zempilo ye rover, eyabonisa ukuba yonke into ibonakala isebenza njengokulindelweyo.
Ukongeza kolu lonwabo ngumfanekiso wesisombululo esiphakamileyo esithathiweyo ngexesha lokufika komqhubi. Ngelixa iNASA iMars Curiosity rover ye-NASA ibuyisa imovie yokumisa ngokusuka kwayo, iikhamera zoNyamezelo zenzelwe ukubamba ividiyo ye-touchdown yayo kwaye lo mfanekiso mtsha usathathiwe kulowo mfanekiso, usathunyelwa eMhlabeni kwaye uqhubekeke.
Ngokungafaniyo nokuhamba ngaphambili, uninzi lweekhamera zoNyamezelo zithatha imifanekiso ngombala. Emva kokufika, ezimbini zeeKhamera zeNgozi (iiHazcams) zathimba iimbono ngaphambili nangasemva kwe rover, zibonisa elinye lamavili alo kumdaka waseMartian. Ukunyamezela kuye kwasondela kwiliso le-NASA esibhakabhakeni, ngokunjalo: I-NASA ye-Mars Reconnaissance. I-Orbiter, esebenzisa ikhamera ekhethekileyo enesisombululo esiphakamileyo ukubamba isiphekepheke esiya kwiJezero Crater, kunye neparashute yasemva kwayo. Ikhamera yeSisombululo esiPhezulu seKhamera (i-HiRISE) yenza okufanayo kwi-Curiosity ngo-2012. I-JPL ikhokela umsebenzi we-orbiter, ngelixa isixhobo se-HiRISE sikhokelwa yiYunivesithi yaseArizona.
Iintlawulo ezininzi ze-pyrotechnic kulindeleke ukuba zitshise kamva ngolwesiHlanu, zikhulula imasti yokunyamezela ("intloko" ye rover) apho imiswe khona kumgangatho we rover. Iikhamera zokuKhangela (iiNavcams), ezisetyenziselwa ukuqhuba, zabelana ngendawo kwimasti kunye neekhamera ezimbini zesayensi: iMastcam-Z enokusondeza kunye nesixhobo se-laser esibizwa ngokuba yiSuperCam. Imasti kulindeleke ukuba iphakanyiswe ngoMgqibelo, ngoFebruwari 20, emva koko iiNavcams kulindeleke ukuba zithathe iipanorama zedreyini kunye nendawo eziyingqongileyo.
Kwiintsuku ezizayo, iinjineli ziya kujonga ngaphezulu kwedatha yenkqubo ye-rover, ihlaziya isoftware yayo kwaye iqale ukuvavanya izixhobo zayo ezahlukeneyo. Kwiiveki ezilandelayo, Ukunyamezela kuya kuvavanya ingalo yayo yerobhothi kwaye kuthathwe okokuqala, ukuqhuba okufutshane. Iya kuba yinyanga enye okanye ezimbini de Umonde uzokufumana indawo ethe tyaba yokulahla ubuhlakani, inqwelo-ntaka encinci eqhotyoshelwe kwisisu se rover, kwaye nangaphezulu ngaphambi kokuba ihlasele indlela, iqale umsebenzi wayo wesayensi kunye nokukhangela okokuqala isampuli yedwala laseMartian kunye ne-sediment.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- It will be at least one or two months until Perseverance will find a flat location to drop off Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter attached to the rover’s belly, and even longer before it finally hits the road, beginning its science mission and searching for its first sample of Martian rock and sediment.
- Less than a day after NASA‘s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were hard at work, awaiting the next transmissions from Perseverance.
- The Perseverance team were relieved to see the rover’s health reportsThe rover reports showed everything appeared to be working as expectedUnlike with past rovers, the majority of Perseverance’s cameras capture images in color.
