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Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)
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Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)

This illustration of the Mars 2020 spacecraft (the solar-panel-covered cruise stage most visible here along with a portion of the white back shell) in interplanetary space was generated using imagery from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System. The image is from the mission's midway point between Earth and Mars — 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) away from each. In straight-line distance, Earth is 26.6 million miles (42.7 million kilometers) behind Perseverance, and Mars is 17.9 million miles (28.8 million kilometers) in front. Visible in the graphic are the solar panels on the cruise stage surrounding the top of the aeroshell. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24231

Date
2020-10-27
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
illustration (NASA artwork)

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"Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)" (2020-10-27). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA24231

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