NASA Perseverance rover: Found a bundle of wires on the surface of Mars
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NASA’s Perseverance probe captured an unusual image of something in the red sands of Mars: a bundle of strings.
The driver’s left front hazard avoidance camera photographed the bright-colored object on July 12 that some liken pasta.
Officials at the space agency confirmed that they believe the object is a string left over from Perseverance’s landing.
According to a spokesperson for the Persistence mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Perseverance was not previously present in the area where the rope was found, so it is likely that the wind blew it there, the spokesman said.
Currently exploring an ancient delta known as the Jezero Crater, the explorer is looking for signs of microscopic life that may have called the home of Mars billions of years ago, the spokesperson said. This crater is where The initial tenacity has landed on February 18, 2021.
When Perseverance revisited the series’ website four days later, the object has disappeared.
This isn’t the first time rovers have stumbled across fragments of material left over from the Mars landing process.
Perseverance’s camera captured a photo of a shiny piece of foil in mid-June, according to a tweet from rover’s official account. The team believes it is part of the rover’s thermal blanket, a thin, temperature-regulating material that may have fallen off during the cooling phase.
The rover team at NASA is studying more of the new debris and plans to release more details later this week.