[NASA]. This observation features polygonal cracks that may be the remnants of an ancient lake bed. Our image will also fill in a gap in mosaic coverage of this area, […]
Isidis Planitia
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Exploring Northeast Syrtis via Jezero Crater
One of the final three candidate landing sites for the Mars 2020 mission was northeast Syrtis, along with Gusev Crater/Columbia Hills and the eventual landing site for the Perseverance rover, […]
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Perseverance Can Continue To Operate On Mars Until At Least 2031
The rover has been acing a long-term series of durability tests, making the most of its enhanced navigation capabilities, and ferreting out new findings about Mars’ geologic past.