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Object of the Week for February 22

Mars Rovers

Mars Rover Perseverance touched down on February 18th around 4 pm ET. It is the latest in a series of rovers NASA has sent to the red plant. This self-portrait of the Mars Rover Curiosity rover shows the vehicle at a drilled sample site called "Okoruso."

An Interview with the Student who Named the Latest Rover

Links

  1. This STEM in 30 video is all about Perseverance
  2. Explore Mars with NASM on this interactive website
  3. Listen to these remixed classic Sci-Fi stories about Mars and space travel
  4. Check out these 3D photos of Mars....
  5. ... and make your own 3D glasses to experience them
  6. OR explore Mars in Augmented Reality through this new app
  7. Learn about the Red Planet through NASA's Mars in a Minute videos
  8. Explore all the planets through NASM's online exhibition