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This past week on Mars, Perseverance made a pit stop near Overlook Mountain to abrade a rock called Old Faithful Geyser. This target is situated within the Western side of the Margin Unit, an area around the upper edge of Jezero Crater that is astrobiologically interesting due to its abundant carbonate.
Mars landing photos: One of the very first pictures snapped by the Mars rover (Image: NASA) Mars landing photos: A view of the rover just moments before touching down (Image: NASA) READ MORE The picture shows the rover about six-and-a-half feet off the ground and moments before landing, suspended on nylon cables from a jetpack-like device known as the Skycrane. After plummeting through the Martian atmosphere for about seven minutes, the Skycrane's eight rocket engines slowed the rover down to a leisurely 1.7mph. Perseverance was then lowered to the ground while Skycrane detached and flew off ...