
Two landers will be placed on the planet's surface, as well as a rover that will gather space rock, i.e., rock samples that are drilled Perseverance, and a rocket that will launch these samples into orbit so that they can be returned to Earth. Mitch Schulte, Mars 2020 program scientist at NASAs headquarters in Washington, D.C. The object is old, dented and has a layer of dust on it, but it still stands out clearly from the other objects in the area, Waring said in the blog post.

This isn't just space waste, according to the New York Times, analysing the remains of this backshell could be useful for NASA's next trip to Mars, which has been dubbed Mars Sample Return. The ufologist says the photo proves that aliens once existed on Mars and that they used incredibly advanced transportation technology on the planet. Last week, Ingenuity captured a set of ten photos during its 26th flight, and these are some of them.īoth the backshell and the parachute that aided Perseverance and Ingenuity's descent to Mars can be seen in the pictures.Īlso read | Revisiting prehistoric era: Fossils of 3 ichthyosaurs including giant tooth found in Swiss Alps, says study 27 in the journal Nature that was led by NASA chief scientist Jim Green. Watch | Expanding problem of space debris: What is space junk? Why is it a problem? The newly proposed alien-life evidence scale was outlined in a study published online Oct. Scientists cant be certain whether the water that altered these rocks was present for tens of thousands of years. The photographs were shot by the Perseverance rover's robotic helicopter buddy, Ingenuity after it spent a year on Mars. NASA says rock samples found by rover reveal alien life may have existed on Mars.

However, as NASA engineer Ian Clark put it, the images "exude otherworldly" vibes. The component you see in the picture is called 'backshell' that detached from the space agency's Perseverance rover in February 2021. It's a piece of a shattered spacecraft that NASA owns.
