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The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may...
- Rock Sampled by NASA’s Perseverance Embodies Why Rover Came ...
Analysis by instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars
February 18, 2021. After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s...
- NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered “leopard spots” on a reddish rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" in Mars’ Jezero Crater, that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed.
Dec 15, 2021 · Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled explorer has been driving on since landing in February likely formed from red-hot magma.
Jul 20, 2023 · In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics – carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life – thanks to SHERLOC, an innovative instrument on the rover’s robotic arm.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Captures Puff, Whir, Zap Sounds from Mars: Listen closely to new sounds from Mars recorded by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, including puffs and pings from a rover tool, light Martian wind, the whirring of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, and laser zaps.
Apr 3, 2024 · Analysis by instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover indicate that the latest rock core taken by the rover was awash in water for an extended period of time in the distant past, perhaps as part of an ancient Martian beach.
Feb 18, 2021 · February 18, 2021. After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California celebrate landing NASA's fifth -- and most ambitious -- rover on Mars.
