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Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars

This image provided by NASA shows the InSight Mars lander in a selfie photo composite on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander's solar panels have become covered with dust since the lander touched down on Mars in November 2018, which has led to a gradual decline in its power level. On Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, NASA announced two of their spacecraft, one on the surface and the other in orbit,. have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) This illustration made available by NASA depicts the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission over the red planet. On Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, NASA announced two of their spacecraft, one on the surface and the other in orbit,. have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) This combination of images made available by NASA on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, shows the site on Mars before and after a meteoroid hit the surface of the planet. The impact occurred on Dec. 24, 2021, in a region of Mars called Amazonis Planitia. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP) In this image made available by NASA on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, boulder-size blocks of water ice are seen around the rim of an impact crater on Mars, as viewed by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE camera) aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The crater was formed Dec. 24, 2021, by a meteoroid strike in the Amazonis Planitia region. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona via AP)