Giant parachute on Mars rover carried secret message

Giant parachute on Mars rover carried secret message
The message on the parachute (Nasa/JPL-Caltech via AP)

The huge parachute used by Nasa’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70ft parachute.

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