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<p>The Perseverance rover picked up a fresh rocky hitchhiker in late February. I boosted the fill light on the raw image to better show the rock inside the wheel.</p>

NASA Mars Rover Has a New Pet Rock Along for the Ride

A pair of Martian rocks have hitched their fortunes to the Perseverance rover.

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<p>Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie comes from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars.</p>

NASA Images Confirm China's Zhurong Mars Rover Hasn't Budged in Months

China's famously secretive space agency has kept quiet on the health of the rover.

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<p>It took hundreds of images to put together a broad Martian panorama showing all 10 of the Perseverance rover's sample depot tubes on the ground.</p>

NASA Captures 10 Mars Rover Sample Tubes in a Single Glorious Image

The agency stitches together 368 images to document the Perseverance rover's epic Mars sample depot.

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<p>According to NASA, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediments billions of years ago. Those sediments eventually formed into rock with rippled textures.</p>

NASA Spots Surprise Evidence of Ancient Water Ripples on Mars

It's the clearest evidence of waves and water the Curiosity rover has ever found.

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<p>Congratulations, Curiosity, it's a meteorite!</p>

NASA Spots Mars Rock That's Not Like the Others

The Curiosity rover got up close and personal with a gorgeous meteorite.

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<p>Curiosity's mast-mounted camera snapped this goofy rock on Jan. 28, 2023.</p>

This Mars Rock Looks Like a Funky Chicken, and I Love It

NASA's Curiosity rover delivers some Mars amusement with a photo of an oddball rock.

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<p>This processed image shows one of Ingenuity's aerial views from its 41st flight.</p>

NASA Mars Helicopter Snaps Awesome Views on Aerial Scouting Mission

Ingenuity is scoping out the Martian landscape for its rover buddy Perseverance.

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<p>NASA's official version of the January 2023 Perseverance selfie shows the rover posing with several sample tubes on the ground.</p>

NASA Mars Rover Triumphantly Completes First Sample Depot on Another World

Ten tubes full of Mars samples are now on the ground.

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<p>NASA's official version of the January 2023 Perseverance selfie shows the rover posing with several sample tubes on the ground.</p>

NASA Perseverance Rover Poses for Striking Mars Sample Depot Selfie

Say cheese, Percy. You're doing your part to get Mars rocks back to Earth.

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<p>The roundish gray rock in this Curiosity rover image from Jan. 9, 2023 may have come from elsewhere.</p>

Goofy Mars Rock Spotted by NASA Rover Might Be a Meteorite

The lumpy rock may have an off-world origin story.

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<p>This Perseverance rover image from Jan. 8, 2023 shows wheel tracks, rocks, dunes and the Ingenuity helicopter.</p>

You'll Need Keen Eyes to Spot NASA's Mars Helicopter in This Rover Image

Ingenuity is hiding out in the sandy Martian distance.

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<p>Hello, Zhurong rover and Tianwen-1 lander. This selfie comes from a remote camera set on the surface of Mars.</p>

China's First Mars Rover May Have Run Into Trouble on the Dusty Planet

The China's historic Zhurong rover has been quiet since weathering an intense dust storm in 2022.

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