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 a.m. EDT, Perseverance transferred sample tube serial number 266 and its Martian cargo into the rover's interior to measure and image the rock core. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for the first human exploration mission to the Red Planet.

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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 …

Opinion: Mars rocks are a science prize the U.S. can’t afford to lose
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Mars rocks are a science prize the U.S. can’t afford to lose

LA Times  

A NASA photograph taken during the rover Perseverance’s first drive on Mars in 2021. NASA’s most ambitious planetary project yet is Mars Sample Return, a partnership with the European Space Agency to robotically collect and bring back to Earth scientifically invaluable rocks from Mars for study in labs here. Despite that, the review emphasized that the scientific and geopolitical value …

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, …

Scientists pick stash site for Mars soil samples collected by Perseverance rover
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists pick stash site for Mars soil samples collected by Perseverance rover

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa Perseverance Rover will soon stash select samples of the Martian soil in …

Perseverance rover has made a friend on Mars
2 years, 6 months ago

Perseverance rover has made a friend on Mars

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — The Perseverance rover made friends with a pet rock about four months ago, and the two have been inseparable ever since. A rock found its way into the rover’s left front wheel in early February while roaming around the red planet, according to Perseverance’s left hazard avoidance camera. It joined …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Is there life on Mars? Perseverance rover to collect first Martian samples to be returned to Earth
3 years, 5 months ago

Is there life on Mars? Perseverance rover to collect first Martian samples to be returned to Earth

India Today  

The Perseverance rover trundling on the surface of Mars is set to collect its very first sample to look for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. While it took Neil over three minutes to collect the lunar sample, Perseverance will take at least 11 days to complete its first sampling owing to the massive distance between Mars …

NASA's Perseverance rover is starting its science mission on Mars to look for signs of ANCIENT LIFE
3 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover is starting its science mission on Mars to look for signs of ANCIENT LIFE

Daily Mail  

After starting its switch from photographer to science investigator, NASA's Perseverance rover has officially started its science mission, beginning its search for signs of ancient life. Scroll down for video This image of Jezero Crater depicts the routes for Perseverance’s first science campaign and its second as well as its second In addition to searching for signs of ancient microscopic …

Perseverance hits the road: Rover begins search for ancient microbial life on Mars
3 years, 6 months ago

Perseverance hits the road: Rover begins search for ancient microbial life on Mars

India Today  

The Perseverance rover trundling the surface of Mars began its most critical mission phase — looking for ancient microbial life. “We are putting the rover’s commissioning phase as well as the landing site in our rearview mirror and hitting the road,” said Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager. In a bid to collect unique samples, the rover will explore two geologic …

NASA's Perseverance rover nails 21-ft test drive, gets software update for Mars exploration
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover nails 21-ft test drive, gets software update for Mars exploration

Firstpost  

NASA’s newest Mars rover Perseverance has put 21 feet, or 6.5 meters, on its odometer in its first test drive on the Red Planet. Taken during the first drive of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars on 4 March 2021. Image credit: NASA Ingenuity: Perseverance rover’s first ‘big job’ Perseverance’s first big job will be to find an airfield where its …

NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’

LA Times  

This combination of images from video made available by NASA shows steps in the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it approaches the surface of the planet on Thursday. Science & Medicine NASA shares bird’s-eye view of Perseverance landing on Mars NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft sent back a striking image of the Perseverance rover suspended several feet above the …

NASA: Perseverance Mars rover sends back new images
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA: Perseverance Mars rover sends back new images

Hindustan Times  

The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. HiRISE captured Perseverance during descent to Mars The photo was released less than 24 hours after the Perseverance rover successfully touched down near an ancient river delta, where it will …

Explained: What are Nasa’s big plans for Perseverance rover on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

Explained: What are Nasa’s big plans for Perseverance rover on Mars

Hindustan Times  

Cheers erupted in mission control at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after controllers confirmed that Perseverance rover safely touched down on Mars. Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars. The goal of the Mars 2020 mission is to learn whether life even existed on the Red Planet after …

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo

News 18  

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is one step ahead of Elon Musk when it comes to getting to the red planet, which it called its ‘forever home.’ Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search …

Mars picture: Nasa reveals first image from historic Perseverance rover landing
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars picture: Nasa reveals first image from historic Perseverance rover landing

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has revealed the first pictures taken by its Perseverance rover on Mars. …

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing

The Hindu  

NASA's science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles burst into applause …

NASA Successfully Lands New Mars Rover 'Perseverance'
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Successfully Lands New Mars Rover 'Perseverance'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Perseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, became the ninth spacecraft to successfully …

NASA's Perseverance Rover Is About to Land on Mars. Here's How You Can Witness It
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Perseverance Rover Is About to Land on Mars. Here's How You Can Witness It

News 18  

After Saudi Arabia’s Hope probe made its historical landing on Mars, it is time for American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Perseverance Rover to touch down on the red planet. Here is everything that you should know before we get to witness the landing: The Perseverance Rover, that was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on …

Mars Rover Landing: Here's How to Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Touchdown Live Online
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Rover Landing: Here's How to Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Touchdown Live Online

News 18  

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is just a day away from landing on the Red Planet surface, and you can watch the event live online. People around the world will get to watch the drama of Perseverance’s entry, descent, and landing – the riskiest portion of the rover’s mission that some engineers call the “seven minutes of terror" – live on …

Nasa's Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing, sends first image | See picture
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa's Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing, sends first image | See picture

India Today  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Perseverance streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the red planet around 2:30 am on Friday, accomplishing the "most dangerous" step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Nearly seven months after its takeoff to Mars, Nasa's Perseverance rove made …

NASA's helicopter-bearing Perseverance rover sticks the Mars landing
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's helicopter-bearing Perseverance rover sticks the Mars landing

Salon  

On Thursday, a rover the size of a Mini Cooper parachuted through thin Martian air for seven nail-biting minutes before successfully touching down on the red planet. The landing of Perseverance, as the rover is dubbed, marks a new era in Martian exploration — as the fifth NASA rover to ever touch down on Mars and the first that carries …

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes safe landing on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes safe landing on Mars

LA Times  

NASA’s newest rover touched down safely on the surface of Mars on Thursday, completing a 293-million-mile journey through space and setting the stage for a mission that seeks to find evidence of ancient extraterrestrial life. Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 team at JPL react after receiving confirmation that the Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars. Some bumped fists with …

Nasa's Perseverance rover successfully touches surface of Mars | Updates
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa's Perseverance rover successfully touches surface of Mars | Updates

India Today  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Perseverance landed succesfully on the surface of Mars around 2:30 am on Friday, making a historic landing on the red planet. ABOUT THE 7-MONTH-LONG JOURNEY Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance hurtled into the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth en route to a nail-biting landing attempt Thursday on an ancient, alien …

NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, makes historic landing
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance, makes historic landing

Al Jazeera  

Described as NASA’s most ambitious Mars mission, the rover will be used to search for signs of ancient life. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dkM9jE9I6X — NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover February 18, 2021 The spacecraft’s self-guided descent and landing during a complex series of manoeuvres that NASA dubbed “the seven minutes of terror” stands as the most elaborate and challenging feat in the annals …

NASA Perseverance rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Perseverance rover attempting most difficult Martian touchdown yet

The Hindu  

Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm only to spit out a single fuzzy gray picture before dying. While NASA has done everything possible to ensure success, “there's always this fear that it won't work well, it won't go …

Mars rover: Perseverance is ready to land on the red planet Thursday
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars rover: Perseverance is ready to land on the red planet Thursday

CNN  

CNN — Hundreds of people have put nearly 10 years of work into developing NASA’s most advanced robotic explorer yet, the Perseverance rover, and the moment is almost here. “I’m just in awe because we’re a day out from landing in this ancient lake bed in search for potential ancient life,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. …

NASA's Perseverance rover is different to any mission that's landed on Mars. Here's why
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover is different to any mission that's landed on Mars. Here's why

ABC  

NASA's latest rover is now just days away from a daring landing on Mars. "It may seem like a copy-paste version of the Curiosity rover … but it is completely different to anything that's happened in the past," Dr Flannery said. "No mission has ever been given the mandate to look for evidence of past life," said Abigail Allwood, an …

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