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PIA23275: Clues for Mars in the Australian Outback
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars 2020 Rover
 Product Size:  4032 x 3024 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23275.tif (29.11 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23275.jpg (1.494 MB)

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Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback to hone their research techniques before their missions launch to the Red Planet in the summer of 2020. The trip was designed to help them better understand how to search for signs of ancient life on Mars.

JPL is building and will manage operations of the Mars 2020 rover for the NASA Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2019-08-23