Parachute for Perseverance

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Caption:

This animated GIF shows a successful test of the parachute that will be used to land NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars. The images were taken on Sept. 7, 2018, during the third and final flight of the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) project.

Background Info:

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name	Value	Additional Values
Target	Mars
System
Target Type	Planet
Mission	Mars 2020
Instrument Host	Perseverance
Host Type	Rover
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords	Grayscale, Infrared
Acquisition Date
Release Date	2020-05-18
Date in Caption
Image Credit	NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source	photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23890
Identifier	PIA23890