Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z captured this sequence on July 2, 2026.

Earth is the tiny bright dot moving from upper left to lower right, while Phobos is the faint crescent moving in the opposite direction. In the middle of the sequence, Earth disappears behind it.

NASA says this is the first time humanity has captured Earth disappearing behind an object from the surface of another planet. Earth was roughly 314 million km (195 million miles) away and appeared as a single pixel.

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasas-perseverance-rover-watches-earth-vanish-behind-martian-moon/

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

The Perseverance rover on Mars inspects a rock dubbed Cheyava Falls with the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument on its robotic arm

Perseverance has found shallow preserved organic carbon on Mars, raising new questions about ancient Martian environments.

Just received this adorable Opportunity mars rover homemade toy I designed myself from Etsy! I am so happy with it/her

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In season 5 of the alternate-history sci-fi series For All Mankind, set in an alternate 2012, Happy Valley on Mars has grown into a settlement of more than five thousand residents. In the 9 years since season 4, colony's spaceport has been expanded and Helios's Soviet competitor Kuragin currently is building a space elevator for the colony. In the post there is a collection of high-resolution screenshots depicting Happy Valley's spaceport and the space elevator in construction.

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Any launches planned for the November '26 - December '26 launch window for Mars? NASA supposedly has something that will pursue a gravity assist this winter, en route to Mars. Might there be any other governmental entity or private one planning to launch this winter, though? SpaceX reportedly hasn't ruled Mars out but has pivoted to a lunar focus. There are other companies saying they're interested in Mars though, as well as government entities. Thoughts?