NASA’s Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

The Perseverance rover is bristling with scientific instruments and cameras, but it can only do so much on the surface of Mars. Thus, NASA plans to transport the rover's samples back to Earth in the ...

This image shows the rocky outcrop the Perseverance science team calls Berea after the NASA Mars rover extracted a rock core and abraded a circular patch. The image was taken by the rover's Mastcam-Z ...

Additional space in the tubes containing Martian rock could reveal insights into the gases that make up the Red Planet's atmosphere. Reading time 2 minutes The Perseverance rover has been toiling on ...

“This finding by Perseverance …is the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars,” said acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy in a statement. “The identification of a potential biosignature ...

NASA may have discovered a biosignature on Mars, but could China be in position to get crucial samples back to Earth first to make a definitive analysis? NASA's Perseverance team announced on Sept. 10 ...

Once acquired, that sample will live in the rover's belly and could one day return to Earth for detailed analysis. For now, NASA will have to figure out what went wrong and try again. Share on ...

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