Here Comes the Sun: Perseverance Readies for Solar Conjunction

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2023

Perseverance wrapped up science activities this week as the team focused on getting the rover in position for solar conjunction, a few week period roughly every two Earth years when Earth and Mars are on opposite sides of the Sun. To avoid potential interference of radio signals by the Sun's ionized gas, engineers do not actively command Mars spacecraft during this period and rather send up a lo