By: Jenny Liang

NASA has a rover called Perseverance that has carried pet rock over 5.5km across the Jezero Crater.

The bumpy surface of the rock is not doing any damage to Perseverance’s wheels and Perseverance holds tightly to its pet from the look of the images.

A student collaborator called Eleni Ravanis is helping NASA with the Perseverance Rover Mission. Ms. Ravanis picked up a little rock.

On February 4 it was the 341st day that perseverance has been on Mars/Red planet.

Facts

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

• Mars is called the red planet because of the iron and soil in the ground.

• Mars looks hot but it’s very cold.

• Mars has two moons their called Phobos and Deimos.

• Mars can have huge dust storms that can last for months, and it can cover the whole planet

• Mars is named after the roman god of war.

• Mars is smaller than Earth with a diameter of 4217 miles.

• Mars is the home of the tallest mountains.