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NASA's Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon
August 06, 2026
PASADENA, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Watches Earth Vanish Behind Martian Moon

The first observation of its kind captures our home planet slipping behind Phobos in the Martian evening sky.

Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of ligh . . .

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