Nasa's Perseverance rover locks new target on Mars after failed sample attempt
3 years, 3 months ago

Nasa's Perseverance rover locks new target on Mars after failed sample attempt

Hindustan Times  

After failing to collect a rock sample that proved too crumbly, Nasa’s Perseverance rover has set its eyes on another rock nicknamed ‘Rochette’. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill. The Perseverance rover has been exploring a four square kilometre patch of the Jezero crater floor since its landing in search of a scientifically interesting target to collect Martian rocks. That’s why we’re interested in an atmospheric sample along with rock samples,” said Ken Farley, Perseverance’s project scientist at Caltech in Pasadena, California.

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Perseverance rover is about to see some of the oldest rocks on Mars
1 week, 5 days ago

Perseverance rover is about to see some of the oldest rocks on Mars

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Perseverance is ‘go’ for everything the science team wants to throw at it during this next science campaign.” Perseverance has already conducted four broad investigations of Jezero Crater’s floor, as well as the river delta that once fed into it, including exploring, observing, and sampling rocks and dust. “It marks our transition …

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater
3 months, 3 weeks ago

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars begins steep climb to rim of a crater

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — NASA’s Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars. The rover’s samples may help scientists piece together what the planet’s climate looked like billions of years ago — and learn whether any ancient Martian life lurked. The bedrock at the rim of the crater might yield clues as to how rocky planets like Mars and …

Perseverance rover grabs 20th rock sample that could reveal Mars' watery past
1 year ago

Perseverance rover grabs 20th rock sample that could reveal Mars' watery past

India Today  

Nasa's Perseverance rover has secured its 20th rock core, overcoming the challenges posed by the crumbly nature of conglomerate rocks atop Jezero Crater's fan. The rover's science team has been diligently working to obtain a sample of this particular rock unit due to its potential to unlock secrets about the Red Planet's past. Perseverance rover acquired this image using its …

Mars rover drops rock sample on Red planet: Why is NASA excited about it?
1 year, 11 months ago

Mars rover drops rock sample on Red planet: Why is NASA excited about it?

Live Mint  

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been dropping samples on the surface of the Red planet. The Perseverance rover is supposed to drop 10 samples and it has recently dropped the ninth sample, which is making NASA excited. But that’s not all.” This core sample came from an igneous rock back near my landing site “Rocks like this, studied up close, could …

Perseverance drops 50% backup samples on Mars for future missions to bring home
1 year, 11 months ago

Perseverance drops 50% backup samples on Mars for future missions to bring home

India Today  

The Perseverance rover, which recently completed its one Martian year of operations on the Red Planet, has successfully dropped five of the 10 sampling tubes with rock cores in them. ONE MARTIAN YEAR FOR PERSEVERANCE The SUV-sized rover marked its one Martian year of operations late last week as it continued to trundle on the floor of the Jazero crater, …

A year after landing on Mars, Perseverance rover sets sights on intriguing new target
2 years, 10 months ago

A year after landing on Mars, Perseverance rover sets sights on intriguing new target

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Since then, this innovative rover has inspired humanity and accomplished a series of firsts, from transmitting the first audio recording of sounds from Mars, to capturing the Ingenuity helicopter’s history making first powered, controlled flight on another planet, to producing oxygen on Mars for the first time ever with the MOXIE experiment,” …

Perseverance rover sets in motion work to return first samples from Mars
3 years, 2 months ago

Perseverance rover sets in motion work to return first samples from Mars

India Today  

The Perseverance rover, which is parked in the Jazero crater, for now, has set in motion the work on returning the first samples from Mars to Earth. Meenakshi Wadhwa, principal scientist for the Mars Sample Return program said, “I have dreamed of having Mars samples to analyze since I was a graduate student. “I’ve been working my whole career for …

NASA's Perseverance rover collects puzzle pieces of Mars' history
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover collects puzzle pieces of Mars' history

Hindustan Times  

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. In image released by NASA and taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on September 7, 2021, two holes where the rover's drill obtained chalk-size samples from rock nicknamed "Rochette." "It looks like our first rocks reveal a potentially habitable …

NASA's perseverance rover collects first Mars rock samples
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's perseverance rover collects first Mars rock samples

India TV News  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Perseverance rover on Monday completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. The sample-taking process began on September 1, when the rotary percussive drill at the end of Perseverance's robotic arm cored into a flat, briefcase-size Mars rock nicknamed "Rochette." Today, at 12:34 …

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. The sample was collected on September 1, but NASA was initially unsure whether the rover had successfully held onto its precious cargo, because initial images taken in poor light …

Martian soil set to come to Earth: Perseverance rover captures, stores first rock samples from Mars surface
3 years, 3 months ago

Martian soil set to come to Earth: Perseverance rover captures, stores first rock samples from Mars surface

India Today  

Decades after exploring the barren surface of Mars from millions of kilometres away, humans will soon get their hands on the Martian regolith thanks to an SUV sized astrobiologist trundling on the Red Planet. The rover -- Nasa's Perseverance -- has now successfully collected, processed and sealed the first samples from the Martian surface to be brought to Earth for …

Perseverance rover successfully extracts samples from Martian rock
3 years, 3 months ago

Perseverance rover successfully extracts samples from Martian rock

India Today  

The Perseverance rover has successfully cored a Mars rock sample, according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Although previous attempts at sampling Martian rocks have failed to harvest as a result of the sample breaking, officials are confident that the rover has captured sediment fragments this time. The rover collects samples with a rotary-percussive drill that runs a …

NASA's Mars rover makes 2nd attempt to pick up rock sample
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Mars rover makes 2nd attempt to pick up rock sample

India TV News  

US space agency NASA Perseverance rover has likely retrieved a rock sample on Mars at its second attempt. "The data received on September 1, from NASA's Perseverance rover, indicates that the team has achieved its goal of successfully coring a Mars rock. The initial set of images from Mastcam-Z showed the end of a cored rock within the sample tube, …

NASA's Perseverance rover might've succeeded in collecting a piece of Martian rock
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover might've succeeded in collecting a piece of Martian rock

Firstpost  

NASA plans a mission to bring around 30 samples back to Earth in the 2030s, where scientists will be able to conduct more detailed analysis that might confirm there was microbial life. NASA’s Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth – probably. The US space …

NASA thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample

Hindustan Times  

NASA's Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth -- probably. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill. The US space …

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, snags first rock sample for return
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, snags first rock sample for return

LA Times  

A closeup of the first Martian rock sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover. NASA’s newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month’s attempt came up empty. Science & Medicine NASA’s Perseverance rover ready to search for signs of ancient life on Mars If NASA’s Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars, it …

Take 2: Perseverance rover drills into Martian rock in hopes to collect first samples to be returned to Earth
3 years, 3 months ago

Take 2: Perseverance rover drills into Martian rock in hopes to collect first samples to be returned to Earth

India Today  

The Perseverance Mars rover has drilled into a rock for its second attempt to collect the first samples from the Martian surface in its search for ancient microbial life. The Perseverance rover is not the first such machine to drill holes on the surface of Mars, the Spirit and Opportunity rovers each had a Rock Abrasion Tool, a high-speed grinder …

Perseverance rover plans to collect first rock samples to be returned to Earth from Mars
3 years, 3 months ago

Perseverance rover plans to collect first rock samples to be returned to Earth from Mars

India Today  

After its unsuccessful attempt to collect the first rock samples to be returned to Earth, the Perseverance Mars rover is in the final stages of another attempt to drill a rock. The rover will use a 7-foot-long robotic arm to scrape the surface and if the team decides to acquire a core from this rock, the sampling process would be …

Why Perseverance's First Mars Drilling Attempt Came Up Empty
54 years, 11 months ago

Why Perseverance's First Mars Drilling Attempt Came Up Empty

Wired  

Last week, NASA’s Perseverance rover shot for a new milestone in the search for extraterrestrial life: Drilling into Mars to extract a plug of rock, which will eventually get fired back to Earth for scientists to study. “What followed later in the morning was a rollercoaster of emotions,” wrote Louise Jandura, chief engineer for sampling and caching at NASA’s Jet …

NASA blames Mars rover sampling fiasco on bad, powdery rock
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA blames Mars rover sampling fiasco on bad, powdery rock

India Today  

NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week’s sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red planet for eventual return to Earth. Data beamed back last Friday showed that the rover drilled to the proper depth of nearly 3 inches, and pictures of the borehole looked …

The Perseverance rover's Martian rock samples just... disappeared. What happened?
3 years, 4 months ago

The Perseverance rover's Martian rock samples just... disappeared. What happened?

Salon  

The Perseverance rover is a rarity among space rovers for the sole reason that it is a sample-return mission — meaning that Perseverance will drill Martian rock and collect samples which will eventually be returned to Earth. This Martian mystery story begins last week, when scientists took a big step in Perseverance's historic mission by attempting to collect samples from …

Hit and miss: Perseverance rover failed its first rock sample collection on Mars
3 years, 4 months ago

Hit and miss: Perseverance rover failed its first rock sample collection on Mars

Firstpost  

NASA plans on bringing back around 30 samples that will be analyzed with sophisticated instruments than those on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance drilled into the surface of Mars but failed in its initial attempt to collect rock samples that would be picked up by future missions for analysis by scientists on Earth. “While this is not the ‘hole-in-one’ we hoped for, …

NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples

India TV News  

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has failed in its first attempt to grab rock samples on Mars for future return to Earth. The American space agency in a statement said that data sent to Earth by NASA's Perseverance rover after its first attempt to "collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock …

Perseverance rover gears up for its first rock collection drive on Mars
3 years, 4 months ago

Perseverance rover gears up for its first rock collection drive on Mars

Firstpost  

The crater was once home to an ancient lake and analyzing these samples will reveal clues about the rocks’ chemical and mineral composition. The Perseverance Mars rover is preparing to collect its first rock sample from the site of an ancient lake bed, as its mission to search for signs of past life begins in earnest, NASA said Wednesday. The …

NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first Martian rock sample | WATCH
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first Martian rock sample | WATCH

India TV News  

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is set to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock that the future planned missions will transport back to earth. The six-wheeled geologist landed on Jezero Crater in Mars on February 18, and NASA kicked off the rover's mission science phase on June 1, exploring a 4 square kilometer patch of crater floor which might contain …

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