Rover Offers Ringside Seat To Harrowing Mars Landing

Irene Klotz March 03, 2021
Mars view from rover
Perseverance's first high-resolution color image of Jezero Crater, taken with Hazard Cameras located underneath the rover, after its Feb. 18 landing.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
What began as a dad’s gift of an action video camera to his 11-year-old gymnast daughter ended up providing a ringside seat for millions to watch the high-stakes entry, descent and landing of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater. “My daughter put the camera in the harness, put the harness...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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