Possible Parachute From 1971 Soviet Mars Lander
![The bright feature in this image might be the parachute from a 1971 Soviet Mars lander named Mars 3. The image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5213_mro20130411Parachute-full2.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
April 11, 2013
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona |
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The bright feature in this image might be the parachute from a 1971 Soviet Mars lander named Mars 3. The image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.