Perseverance Has Been Carrying a Rock in its Wheel for Over 100 Days Maybe the microphone on Perseverance can capture some of that annoying grinding, clanking sound? By Nancy_A
As Eleni Ravanis, a student collaborator with the Perseverance mission from University of Hawai?i at M?no,this is not the first time a rock has hitched a ride on a Mars rover mission. Over 18 years ago, the Spirit rover picked up a “potato-sized” rock in its right rear wheel, and throughout the Curiosity rover mission, various rocks have gotten lodged or found its way inside the wheels.
“While it’s unclear exactly how long these rocks stuck around,” wrote Ravanis, “they tended to hop off after a few weeks. Perseverance’s current companion is therefore on its way to setting Mars hitch-hiking records!”This image from early March 2022 shows NASA’s Perseverance Rover has a rock going along for a ride in one of its wheels. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The rock shows up in various images taken by the rover, especially in pictures taken by the Left Hazard Avoidance Camera. Scientists and engineers for the mission are“If it does so, it will land amongst rocks that we expect to be very different from itself,” Ravaini said.
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