Noodle-Like Object on Mars Has Disappeared, According to NASA Photos

An object that looked like a bundle of string, or perhaps a noodle, that was taken by NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover earlier this month has suddenly vanished.

The object can be seen in the images taken by the right hazard avoidance camera. The object was gone four days after it was first seen.

The object is likely from the beginning. While NASA has yet to confirm, a spokesman for the mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory told Agence France-Presse that "we have been discussing where it's from, but there's been speculation that it's a piece of cord from the parachute

There is no confirmation that it is one or the other.

Space Trash

Perseverance's landing spot in the Jezero Crater is some way off from where the string showed up.

A JPL spokesman told CNN that it might have been blown there by the Martian wind.

We'll probably see more of NASA's trash on the surface of Mars. Perseverance spotted its own parachute after returning to the vicinity of its original landing spot.

A piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have come from my descent stage was spotted by the rover in June.

You can now find space trash on other planets.

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