Latest Perseverance Mars pics & audio, asteroid flyby, and more! VFS Weekly Highlights

NASA’s Perseverance rover dropped its belly pan, saw a dust devil and recorded audio of its travels on the Red Planet. Asteroid 2021 EQ made a close flyby of Earth. Also, China launched its latest batch of Yaogan-31 reconnaissance satellites.

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Perseverance rover's belly hits the floor on Mars, exposing its rock-sampling heart
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-mars-sampling-system-belly-pan

Perseverance rover spots its first dust devil on Mars
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-sees-mars-dust-devil

Perseverance rover records sounds of a drive in another Mars first
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-sounds-driving-mars