Tiny piece of meteorite from London’s Natural History Museum will be used by rover exploring red planet
The Nasa rover Perseverence, which begins its journey to Mars this week.A small piece of rock will be hurled into space this week on one of the strangest interplanetary voyages ever attempted. A tiny piece of Martian basalt the size of a 10p coin will be launched on board a US robot probe on Thursday and propelled towards the red planet on a seven-month journey to its home world.
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