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Yesterday, I posted a picture of the spectacular jet-powered Rover-BRM Le Mans racer from 1963. Today, we fast forward to the next Rover-BRM car, the Rover 200 BRM, introduced in 1998 to add a bit of zip to the R3 range with a top sporty model. Red quilted leather interior, BRM-typical orange nose detailing. I think the reason they didn’t make this an MG was to avoid diluting the impact of the then-new MGF. Snapped at the NEC Classic Car Show, 2024.

Today, another couple of examples of Rover’s highly successful R8 range. While yesterday’s hatchback versions were badged as the 200 series, the handsome four-door saloon (white car) and Tourer estate (grey car) were badged as 400s. The system of model naming was the same as BMW’s, so the ‘420’ badge on the estate signifies a 400-series car with a 2-litre engine - although this was before BMW took over Rover. Pics taken: NEC Classic Car Show, 2024.

Perseverance rover mission update: Smooshing for Science, a Flat-Out Success

☑️ How a bit of out-of-the-box (or out-of-this-world!) thinking helps maximize science on #Mars
☑️ The rover is rolling west toward the heart of “Witch Hazel Hill,” where more ancient rocks - and who knows what surprises - await!

science.nasa.gov/blog/smooshin

A color photograph from the Martian surface shows a close-up, overhead view of flat, cracked terrain colored pale orange-tan. At the center of the image a circular hole has been dug into the ground, shadowed and dark, and it’s surrounded by mounded grainy soil, colored a very light golden tan, that appears to have been dug out of the hole.
NASA Science · Smooshing for Science: A Flat-Out SuccessBy Mars 2020 Mission Team Members

Perseverance rover mission update, on the sampling attempts at the "Cat Arm Reservoir" site. Current target is “Serpentine Lake”, with signatures of minerals like serpentine, which form in the presence of water. The plan is to drive downhill to “Broom Point”, where more discoveries await!

science.nasa.gov/blog/cookies-

A color photograph shows a close-up of a rock on Mars, with surface that appears a very pale mint green, flecked with innumerable black specks, looking like the top of a freshly opened tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
NASA Science · Cookies, Cream, and Crumbling CoresBy NASA Science Editorial Team