{"id":246005,"date":"2025-07-04T03:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=2c1b0719cfda344a634ee3b2ba48f192"},"modified":"2025-07-04T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:07:48","slug":"old-glory-on-the-red-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=246005","title":{"rendered":"Old Glory on the Red Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2008\" height=\"2035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?w=2008\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A small metal American flag attached to the Mars Perceverance rover&#039;s mast. The mast is white with silver metal pieces attached to it. There is red dust all over the mast. The image appears in a vignette that looks like a rectangle rotated diagonally; the rest of the image is dark.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg 2008w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=296,300 296w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=768,778 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=1010,1024 1010w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=1516,1536 1516w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=395,400 395w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=592,600 592w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=888,900 888w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=1184,1200 1184w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/pia26579.jpg?resize=1973,2000 1973w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2008px) 100vw, 2008px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The United States flag adorns an aluminum plate mounted at the base of the mast, or \u201chead,\u201d of NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars rover. <a href=\"https:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/catalog\/PIA26579\" rel=\"noopener\">This image of the plate<\/a> was taken on June 28, 2025 (the 1,548th day, or sol, of the mission), by the WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera on the end of the rover&#8217;s robotic arm.<\/p>\n<p>WATSON, part of an instrument called SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman &amp; Luminescence for Organics &amp; Chemicals), was built by Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) in San Diego and is operated jointly by MSSS and NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. JPL, which is managed for the agency by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/mars-2020-perseverance\/perseverance-rover\/nasas-perseverance-rover-scours-mars-for-science\/\">Learn more about Perseverance\u2019s latest science.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States flag adorns an aluminum plate mounted at the base of the mast, or \u201chead,\u201d of NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover. 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