NASA's Perseverance rover spots its own junk on Mars and sends back a picture of it

The object is wedged between two rocks on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater.

This spacecraft debris shows that human influence is indeed present on the Red Planet and that we should proceed with caution when exploring other planets. The debris is much too small to have any effect on the planet, but as more and more missions venture to Mars, the problem of space junk may become a larger one.

This brings us to the question: How can NASA engineers and other space enthusiasts conceive of missions that do not pollute their environment at all. Is this a possibility or just a dream?on the Red Planet last February. On February 18, 2021, the spacecraft carrying NASA's $2.7 billion robotic explorer named Perseverance placed the rover gently on the foreign planet.

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