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NASA has released images that bizarrely appear to show a shark fin and a crab claw on Mars - but the fishy goings on are down to the phenomenon of pareidolia where the brain tries to make out something meaningful

Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) Airplane Share UnveiledJuly 2015 OperatorNasa Armstrong Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) airplane prototype was unveiled in July 2015. Credit: Nasa. Prandtl-m is based on the Prandtl-d flying wing. Credit: Nasa. The aeroplane will include a mapping camera and high-altitude radiometer instruments. Credit: Nasa. Prandtl-m will send back detailed, high-resolution photographic map images of Mars t...

The initial package of data provided by the Hope Probe would be available to everyone free of charge early next October, Eng. Hessa Al Matroushi, Deputy Director of the Emirates Project for Mars Exploration ‘Hope Probe’ for Scientific Affairs, revealed.

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Last Updated: Car Size Perseverance Rover To Land On Mars Soon, To Start Red Planet Exploration Perseverance, the newest land rover from NASA, is going to reach its destination on Mars on February 18, 2021 after it was launched in 2020. Find details here. NASA has been sending land rovers for nearly a decade on Mars to find more details about this red planet. The latest addition is the Perseverance, which will land on Mars on February 18. According to an article published on space.com, th...