The Rolling Stones have entertained fans around the world in their more than 50-year career.
Now, the band's influence has extended all the way into space after NASA’s Mars InSight Mission named rock on the red planet after the legendary band: “Rolling Stones Rock”.
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NASA reported that the rock is slightly larger than a golf ball and is said to have rolled approximately 3 feet (1 meter), spurred by the InSight spacecraft’s thrusters during touchdown on Mars in November.
“In images taken by InSight the next day, several pots in the orange-red soil can be seen trailing Rolling Stones Rock,” it said. “It’s the farthest NASA has seen a rock roll while landing a spacecraft on another planet.”
The band took to the stage at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Thursday night as a part of their “No Filter” tour.
The venue is close to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the team behind NASA’s InSight lander.
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Somehow, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. got the wind of it and made the announcement before the band took to the stage.
They found the news to be "a wonderful way to celebrate the ‘Stones No Filter’ tour arriving in Pasadena", and called the honor “a milestone in our long and eventful history”.
Dr. Lori Glaze, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division added: “The name Rolling Stones Rock is a perfect fit.”
“While the “Rolling Stones Rock” name is informal; it will feature on working maps of Mars,” NASA said. “But only the International Astronomical Union can give official scientific names for locations, asteroids and other objects in the solar system.”
The band was formed in London in 1962, with their first stable line-up consisted of band leader Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica, and keyboards), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), and Ian Stewart (piano).
They are known for hits such as “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Brown Sugar”.
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