Percy returned to Mars in July 2020. After nearly a year of exploration, yesterday (21 Dec 2022) Percy began one of his main missions, sample deposition. Many holes were dug on the surface of Mars and soil, rock dust, etc. were collected from them in small titanium tubes, sealed and deposited in various places on…
This shadow was created by Phobos, a satellite of Mars. Photo captured and sent by perseverance Phobos is 150 times smaller than our Moon and 50 times closer to Mars. Because it is so close, Phobos will crash into Mars in the next 50 million years. Also, the number of eclipses is higher because the…
The helicopter on Mars broke its own records on its 25th flight. The Injury flew 704 meters this time. That’s about three and a half kilometers! The flight took two minutes and 41 seconds. 161.3 seconds to be exact.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover collects another sample from Mars. This is the seventh rock to be collected from the surface of Mars. This sample was taken from the Jazero crater on Mars. Perseverance is the size of a car. It will collect one more sample from the current area. After that we will travel to the…
