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Wind Sensors on MEDA

Wind sensors on the instrument MEDA

November 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.

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