In 2020 and 2021, we persevered. NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover carried a commemorative plate to Mars to express gratitude to the medical community on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the researchers who've developed vaccines, we thank you. | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

June 2nd - on this day in 2003, a Starsem Soyuz FG/Fregat rocket launched ESA - European Space Agency's first planetary mission, Mars Express, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 1,123 kg spacecraft also included the 33 kg Beagle 2 lander. Mars Express's orbital insertion around the red planet occurred on Christmas Day, 2003, with Beagle 2 landing the same day. Contact with Beagle 2 could not be established, so it was assumed the lander crashed. In 2015, however, high-resolution phot

This image shows the rocky surface of Mars, captured by a NASA rover during its exploration mission. The cylindrical object in the foreground is part of the rover’s drilling/coring system, designed to drill into Martian rocks and collect samples. #mars #MarsMystery #NASA #fblifestyle #redplanet | Mars journey