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Mar 10, 2021 · The instrument will monitor air temperature, humidity, radiation, dust and wind at Perseverance's landing site, the floor of Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) hole in the ground that...
- Perseverance Mars rover wind sensor damaged by pebbles | Space
The Perseverance team says the rover can still take key...
- Perseverance Mars rover wind sensor damaged by pebbles | Space
Jul 3, 2022 · The Perseverance team says the rover can still take key weather measurements after pebbles struck a wind sensor amid strong Red Planet gusts.
Mar 5, 2021 · This set of images shows part of the deployment of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) wind sensors on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. MEDA is a set of weather sensors, with the wind sensor components on the rover’s remote sensing mast.
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
Apr 5, 2022 · MEDA environmental sensors are placed at various locations around and outside of the rover and measure six atmospheric parameters: wind speed/direction, air and ground temperatures, pressure, relative humidity, and solar radiation (UV, visible, and IR), in addition to UV radiation and dust.
- Mars Entry Descent and Landing Instrumentation 2
- Mars Environnemental Dynamics Analyzer
- Takeaways
Extreme heat and atmospheric forces can derail a space mission if they exceed a spacecraft's design limits. In many cases, designs are made using different predictions based on previous experiences in space or using data to make informed decisions. Sometimes these informed predictions are correct, while other times, unforeseen factors stress test t...
Temporal and spatial changes in weather make it difficult to predict what certain conditions will be. While this has been mastered, to some extent on Earth, the weather on Mars is entirely different, being dominated by dust and other factors not usually included in predictive and meteorological models. MEDA is a suite of environmental sensors locat...
Perseverance is still in the initial stages of its mission and already it's clear that without the sensors and other technologies, many discoveries expected in the coming months would remain unknown. As data is transmitted back to Earth, key pieces of the puzzle will begin to fall into place. Earth will be one step closer to understanding weather p...
- Janeita Reid
This set of images shows part of the deployment of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) wind sensors on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. MEDA is a set of weather sensors, with the wind sensor components on the rover’s remote sensing mast.
Nov 13, 2020 · NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has two wind sensors just below its mast, or "head." They're part of MEDA, a weather science package that will provide vital data on the Martian surface, especially dust in the atmosphere.
