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 ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the first-ever off-Earth sample depot for posterity. Perseverance built that depot on a patch of Martian ground called Three Forks over the course of five ...

NASA’s Perseverance has been doing some pretty awesome science on Jezero Crater – but the industrious rover is also looking at the future, collecting samples that will be taken to Earth in the next ...

It may look like a lightsaber sitting on the surface of Mars, but this titanium tube is actually a sample canister dropped off by the Perseverance rover. This could eventually be the first pristine ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars’s Jezero Crater, has collected its first sample of dirt from the Martian surface. The rover has been collecting rock samples up until this point, ...

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover deposited its first titanium tube with a rock sample on the surface of the Red Planet on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The rover will set down a total of 10 tubes at the "Three ...

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take ...

The sample is currently in a titanium tube on Mars and is the first of what will become a sample depot of Martian rock. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 22, 2022 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover continues its exploration of the Red Planet, as it begins a new science campaign. The rover took its first core sample of the new campaign at the top of Jezero Crater's ...

The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of Mars last week, but it seems the red planet wasn't ready to cooperate. The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of ...

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill. In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, ...