Perseverance Mars rover photographs its own landing debris - Space.com


8/6/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
by Stefanie Waldek

Some of the debris imaged appears to be "subjected to strong forces" — not surprising, given that hardware crashed into the planet.

On Mars, there's a unique kind of "tumbleweed" rolling across the Martian plains. These tumbleweeds aren't plants - they are pieces of debris from the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) hardware from… [+3424 chars]

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