NASA’s Perseverance probe has been circling the surface of Mars for a long time. However, he may not feel so alone anymore, because he has a “strawberry” accompanying him.
This stowaway is a stone stuck in the rim of one of its wheels… This stone does not impede the mobility of the survey vehicle, it just creates a slight nuisance, like a stone getting into our shoes.
The intruder entered Perseverance’s front left wheel on February 4, according to a statement by NASA. The so-called “pet rock” is constantly showing itself in pictures taken with the Perseverance front camera Hazcam. He has not left the survey vehicle for 126 days.
Perseverance is currently operating in the Jezero crater on Mars, an area believed to contain ancient lava flows. The vehicle will soon begin to climb the crater’s rim. It is thought that when the angle changes, the guest stone will fall from the wheels.
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