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PIA26337: SHERLOC's Labyrinth Calibration Target
Perseverance's team used the SHERLOC instrument's Autofocus and Context Imager to capture this image of its calibration target on May 11, 2024 to confirm an issue with a stuck lens cover had been resolved.
 Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover 
 Spacecraft:  Perseverance
 Instrument:  Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) 
 Product Size:  1648 x 1200 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA26337.tif (1.873 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA26337.jpg (183.4 kB)  

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This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target for the cameras and laser that are part of SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals), one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The image was captured by the Autofocus and Context Imager on SHERLOC on May 11, 2024, the 1,147th day, or sol, of the mission, as the rover team sought to confirm it had successfully addressed an issue with a stuck lens cover.

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover is also characterizing the planet's geology and past climate, which paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

For more about Perseverance: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2024-06-26