MEDLI2, the Sensors That Monitored the Perseverance Rover's Landing on Mars
News Join our Community of 625,000+ Engineers Register News MEDLI2, the Sensors That Monitored the Perseverance Rover’s Landing on Mars February 25, 2021 by Rushi Patel The MEDLI2 sensor package on the Perseverance rover is not only gathering data for future missions; it's also demonstrating how commercial-off-the-shelf parts can be used in space. A high-level depiction of how the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) system functioned to safely land the rover on the Martian surface. Image used courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech Because NASA's key goals with this mission are to acquire data on...