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The Perseverance rover delivers a “family portrait” of its predecessors to Mars

A careful study of the images transmitted to Earth by the Perseverance rover made it quite easy to find the “Easter egg” laid by the creators of the device.

A plate is fixed on top of the case, which shows all NASA rovers that have visited the surface of the Red Planet. They are ordered from left to right in chronological order: Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Still to the right is an unmanned helicopter, which is now in a capsule under the bottom of the rover. In a few months he will have to make a flight in the atmosphere of Mars.

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After the “family portrait” was spotted in the photographs, an image of the plaque before being attached to the Perseverance hull was released by a NASA spokeswoman, who assured that the plaque had been cleared of biological contamination prior to shipment.

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