So this Mars rock of interest from sol 129 is quite special since it was ran over by the #PerseveranceRover. It was on purpose during a navigation technique and the rover is safe! Here’s a few more facts about rover navigation and this fascinating rock (1/5) First, the rock by itself is fun to look at, dramatic and almost alien with the textures. Different from its finer grain surroundings. It also looks like the ridges were made by the wheels! But they were already there, and they’re sharper to the hypothetical touch than they look.

TIL that there’s a tiny piece of fabric installed on Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter, that used to be a part of the original aircraft that the Wright Brothers used all those years ago. #Mars2020 #IngenuityHelicopter
[Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech] Supporting info:

https://twitter.com/We_Martians/status/1374415850233417731

This photo is meaningful to my career as a planetary scientist even though I’m not affiliated with this mission in any way, and this is a short thread why. I’m quickly learning how different my experience has been and prob why it’s necessary to yell about it to the internet. 1/9 This photo was taken and released roughly 5 years ago, mid-July 2015. The first time I saw this, I remember pulling up the front page of reddit while waiting at the bank to ask them to forgive an overdraft fee because I was a really, really broke undergrad student. 2/9