🇺🇸 60 YEARS ON MARS - TECH CHANGED HOW WE SEE THE RED PLANET From grainy strips in 1965 to HD drone footage, Mars went from mystery to mapped. Mariner gave us the first look. Viking let us stand (visually) on the surface. Sojourner rolled in and launched a rover era. Then came HiRISE - spotting dunes, gear, even footprints from orbit. And when Ingenuity flew? We saw Mars from the air - and even spotted Perseverance down below. 21 images turned into millions. We’ve watched Martian sunrises, dust devils, and valleys deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon - all from 140 million miles away. Mars isn’t just a dot in the sky anymore. It’s a place with a past. And if you ask Elon, also a great future. Source: NASA JPL