NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen‘
2 months ago

NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen‘

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’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known as “Silver Mountain,” the rock core has been sealed into a tube so it can be analyzed in labs on Earth in the future. “Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant cost and schedule saving compared to the previous plan,” former NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. The NASA Mars Sample Return Program plans to bring these samples to Earth The rover has journeyed across more than 20 miles, according to an interactive map that tracks its location and traverse path on NASA’s website. “This will also prepare us to safely send the first human explorers to Mars,” Nicky Fox, who leads NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said.

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NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen’
1 month, 4 weeks ago

NASA says Mars rover sample has textures 'unlike anything we've seen’

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’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike …

Mars samples that could help us find alien life are stuck there until at least 2035, NASA says
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mars samples that could help us find alien life are stuck there until at least 2035, NASA says

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 Dozens of samples of rock and sediment collected from Mars that could be …

No final plan yet: Nasa to take a call on bringing rocks from Mars in 2026
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

No final plan yet: Nasa to take a call on bringing rocks from Mars in 2026

India Today  

Nasa has announced a new approach to its Mars Sample Return Program, aiming to enhance the likelihood of successfully bringing Martian rock and sediment samples collected by Perseverance rover back to Earth. The overarching goal of the Mars Sample Return Program is to deepen our understanding of the universe and investigate whether Mars ever harboured life. "Pursuing two potential paths …

Perseverance rover begins climb up crater rim, launches new Mars mission phase
7 months ago

Perseverance rover begins climb up crater rim, launches new Mars mission phase

India Today  

Nasa's Perseverance rover has officially entered a new phase of scientific investigation as it begins its ascent up the rim of Jezero Crater on Mars. This marks the start of the Crater Rim Campaign, potentially the most ambitious endeavor for the Mars 2020 mission to date. Now, the rover is embarking on a long climb up the crater rim, signaling …

Perseverance rover grabs 20th rock sample that could reveal Mars' watery past
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Nasa’s Mars rover finds mysterious metallic object on Red Planet
2 years, 1 month ago

Nasa’s Mars rover finds mysterious metallic object on Red Planet

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’s Curiosity rover has stumbled upon a strange metallic rock on Mars that …

Mars rover drops rock sample on Red planet: Why is NASA excited about it?
2 years, 2 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
2 years, 2 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, …

Nasa Perseverance rover deposits its first sample on Mars for return mission
2 years, 3 months ago

Nasa Perseverance rover deposits its first sample on Mars for return mission

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’s Perseverance Mars rover has placed a titanium tube containing Martian rock fragments …

Perseverance rover collects key rocky clues as to whether there was life on Mars
2 years, 7 months ago

Perseverance rover collects key rocky clues as to whether there was life on Mars

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’s Perseverance rover has collected the first rock samples from Mars that could …

NASA's perseverance rover collects first Mars rock samples
3 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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 snags ‘perfect’ rock sample on Mars in historic mission after first drill came up empty
3 years, 6 months ago

Nasa’s Perseverance rover snags ‘perfect’ rock sample on Mars in historic mission after first drill came up empty

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’s latest Mars rover Perseverance successfully collected its first “perfect” rock sample that …

NASA's Perseverance rover might've succeeded in collecting a piece of Martian rock
3 years, 6 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, 6 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 snags 1st rock sample for return
3 years, 6 months ago

NASA's newest Mars rover snags 1st rock sample for return

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy NASA’s newest Mars rover has …

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, snags first rock sample for return
3 years, 7 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 …

Nasa's Perseverance rover locks new target on Mars after failed sample attempt
3 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

NASA says unusually soft, powdery rock was to blame for the Mars sampling fiasco
3 years, 7 months ago

NASA says unusually soft, powdery rock was to blame for the Mars sampling fiasco

Daily Mail  

Unusually soft, powdery rock on the surface of Mars was to blame for a sampling fiasco that saw Perseverance fail to collect its first specimen, according to NASA. Pictured is the hole Perseverance made to collect core samples The rover carries 43 titanium sample tubes, and is exploring Jezero Crater, where it will be gathering samples of rock and regolith …

NASA blames Mars rover sampling fiasco on bad, powdery rock
3 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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 video shows Perseverance rover landing on Mars
4 years, 1 month ago

NASA video shows Perseverance rover landing on Mars

Daily Mail  

The world received the first up-close look of a spacecraft landing on Mars in an 'awe inspiring' video beamed back to NASA by its 'most sophisticated' rover, Perseverance, which touched down on the Red Planet on Thursday. However, within a second, the parachute deploys allowing the rover to look around the Martian world for the first time NASA's Mars Perseverance …

NASA's Opportunity rover finds evidence of an ancient lake in a crater on Mars
7 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Opportunity rover finds evidence of an ancient lake in a crater on Mars

Firstpost  

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover is examining the edge of a crater on the red planet that may once have been a lake of liquid water. The features were seen just outside the crater rims crest above “Perseverance Valley,” which is carved into the inner slope of the rim. “We see a pattern of striations running east-west outside the crest of …

The rover that will store rock samples on Mars
7 years, 9 months ago

The rover that will store rock samples on Mars

BBC  

The rover that will store rock samples on Mars Nasa Nasa’s new rover is intended to store rock samples it plucks from the Martian surface. “We have a different set of science goals to Curiosity and different science instruments.” Nasa The mission is expected to take off in 2020 and deliver a pickup truck-sized rover to the surface As well …

Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds diverse minerals in Mars rocks
7 years, 9 months ago

Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds diverse minerals in Mars rocks

Live Mint  

Washington: Nasa’s Curiosity rover has found a wide diversity of minerals in rock samples from Mars, which suggests that conditions changed in the water environments on the red planet over time. In a study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, scientists from Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in the US described on the first four samples collected from …

Curiosity rover to probe mysterious rocks on Mars
10 years, 4 months ago

Curiosity rover to probe mysterious rocks on Mars

India TV News  

New York: The US space agency has directed its Mars rover Curiosity to probe mysterious rocks on Red Planet. The rover is currently investigating an outcrop called Pahrump Hills at its destination mountain "Mount Sharp". “We see a diversity of textures in this outcrop - some parts finely layered and fine-grained, others more blocky with erosion-resistant ledges,” said Curiosity deputy …

Mystery of Mars ‘doughnut rock’ solved
11 years, 1 month ago

Mystery of Mars ‘doughnut rock’ solved

The Hindu  

Scientists have found that the mysterious rock resembling a jelly doughnut discovered on the red planet is a piece of a larger rock broken and moved by the wheel of NASA’s Mars Rover Opportunity in early January. About 4 cm wide, the red-centered rock, dubbed Pinnacle Island, caused a stir last month when it appeared in an image the rover …

Mysterious rock appears near Nasa's Mars rover, scientists baffled
11 years, 2 months ago

Mysterious rock appears near Nasa's Mars rover, scientists baffled

Firstpost  

Cape Canaveral, Florida: Scientists are stumped as to how a rock mysteriously appeared in images taken two weeks apart by Nasa’s Mars rover Opportunity. The rover, which landed in an area known as Meridiani Planum a decade ago, is exploring the rim of a crater for signs of past water. Another rover, Curiosity, touched down on the opposite side of …

Mars Art: Rarely Seen Gems From Curiosity Rover's Raw Image Collection
11 years, 7 months ago

Mars Art: Rarely Seen Gems From Curiosity Rover's Raw Image Collection

Wired  

pyramid-rock Pyramid Rock Can robots make art? Though ultimately a problem for philosophers and machine-learning specialists, we can answer this question using NASA's Curiosity rover with a resounding "Yes." It has produced pictures at an incredible rate, often nearly 1,000 per day, and its raw image gallery is currently overflowing with more than 71,000 photos. We scoured the rover's raw …

Old Mars rover makes significant find
11 years, 9 months ago

Old Mars rover makes significant find

The Hindu  

NASA’s aging Opportunity rover on Mars has just made what may be one of its most significant discoveries to date. “If you look at all of the water-related discoveries that have been made by Opportunity, the vast majority of them point to water that was a very low pH — it was acid,” said professor Steve Squyres, the rover’s principal …

Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water
11 years, 10 months ago

Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water

The Hindu  

NASA’s Mars rover, Opportunity, has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favourable for life. Opportunity is now driving to a new study area after a dramatic finish to 20 months on “Cape York.” The fractured rock, called “Esperance,” provides evidence about a wet ancient environment …

Curiosity rover ready to eat, analyse Martian rock powder
12 years, 1 month ago

Curiosity rover ready to eat, analyse Martian rock powder

Firstpost  

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock… NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock, scientists said on Wednesday. …

Unusual Mars rock surprises rover scientist
12 years, 5 months ago

Unusual Mars rock surprises rover scientist

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Download The Mars rover Curiosity, now 63 days into its two-year exploration of the red planet, has analyzed a football-sized rock that NASA scientists say has some surprisingly Earth-like qualities. Curiosity's engineers on Earth put the drilling and sampling tools on the rover's robotic arm to full use this week as they assessed the makeup of the …

Unusual Mars rock surprises rover scientist
12 years, 5 months ago

Unusual Mars rock surprises rover scientist

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Download The Mars rover Curiosity, now 63 days into its two-year exploration of the red planet, has analyzed a football-sized rock that NASA scientists say has some surprisingly Earth-like qualities. Curiosity's engineers on Earth put the drilling and sampling tools on the rover's robotic arm to full use this week as they assessed the makeup of the …

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