NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Westernmost Selfie
12 May 2026, 16:45 GMT
Topic: Mars 2020
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-perseverance-rover-snaps-westernmost-selfie/
Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on March 11, 2026, the 1,797th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond Jezero Crater. Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Perseverance training its mast on the “Arethusa” rocky outcrop after creating a whitish circular abrasion patch. The