The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mast Camera Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imaging Investigation

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  • J. F. Bell
  • J. N. Maki
  • G. L. Mehall
  • M. A. Ravine
  • M. A. Caplinger
  • Z. J. Bailey
  • S. Brylow
  • J. A. Schaffner
  • A. Winhold
  • A. G. Hayes
  • P. Corlies
  • C. Tate
  • M. Barrington
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  • E. Jensen
  • K. Paris
  • K. Crawford
  • C. Rojas
  • L. Mehall
  • J. Joseph
  • J. B. Proton
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  • R. G. Deen
  • B. Betts
  • E. Cloutis
  • A. J. Coates
  • A. Colaprete
  • K. S. Edgett
  • B. L. Ehlmann
  • S. Fagents
  • J. P. Grotzinger
  • C. Hardgrove
  • K. E. Herkenhoff
  • B. Horgan
  • R. Jaumann
  • J. R. Johnson
  • M. Lemmon
  • G. Paar
  • M. Caballo-Perucha
  • S. Gupta
  • C. Traxler
  • F. Preusker
  • M. S. Rice
  • M. S. Robinson
  • N. Schmitz
  • R. Sullivan
  • M. J. Wolff

Mastcam-Z is a multispectral, stereoscopic imaging investigation on the Mars 2020 mission’s Perseverance rover. Mastcam-Z consists of a pair of focusable, 4:1 zoomable cameras that provide broadband red/green/blue and narrowband 400-1000 nm color imaging with fields of view from 25.6° × 19.2° (26 mm focal length at 283 μrad/pixel) to 6.2° × 4.6° (110 mm focal length at 67.4 μrad/pixel). The cameras can resolve (≥ 5 pixels) ∼0.7 mm features at 2 m and ∼3.3 cm features at 100 m distance. Mastcam-Z shares significant heritage with the Mastcam instruments on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Each Mastcam-Z camera consists of zoom, focus, and filter wheel mechanisms and a 1648 × 1214 pixel charge-coupled device detector and electronics. The two Mastcam-Z cameras are mounted with a 24.4 cm stereo baseline and 2.3° total toe-in on a camera plate ∼2 m above the surface on the rover’s Remote Sensing Mast, which provides azimuth and elevation actuation. A separate digital electronics assembly inside the rover provides power, data processing and storage, and the interface to the rover computer. Primary and secondary Mastcam-Z calibration targets mounted on the rover top deck enable tactical reflectance calibration. Mastcam-Z multispectral, stereo, and panoramic images will be used to provide detailed morphology, topography, and geologic context along the rover’s traverse; constrain mineralogic, photometric, and physical properties of surface materials; monitor and characterize atmospheric and astronomical phenomena; and document the rover’s sample extraction and caching locations. Mastcam-Z images will also provide key engineering information to support sample selection and other rover driving and tool/instrument operations decisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number24
JournalSpace Science Reviews
Volume217
Issue number1
Number of pages40
ISSN0038-6308
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

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    Research areas

  • Jezero crater, Mars, Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover, Space imaging, Space instrumentation

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