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Perseverance’s PIXL Opens its Dust Cover
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Caption:
The Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) opens its cover during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, the X-ray spectrometer is one of seven instruments aboard Perseverance and will help search for signs of ancient microbial life in rocks.
Background Info:
Both PIXL and Perseverance were built and are operated by JPL, a division of Caltech, in Southern California.
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 | Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithography (PIXL) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Color, Dust | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2020-09-22 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24093 | |
| Identifier | PIA24093 | |
