Scientists are getting a closer look of potential organic signatures in Martian rocks and may have found evidence of key building blocks of life preserved within two potentially habitable paleo-depositional […]
Perseverance
Posted inAstrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Perseverance Rover Images May Show The Record Of A Wild Martian River
Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars.
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Perseverance Rover Collects First Sample Of Its New Science Campaign
NASA’s Perseverance rover cored and stored the first sample of the mission’s newest science campaign on Thursday, March 30. With each campaign, the team explores and studies a new area. […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Perseverance Starts Third Year Of Astrobiology Science At Jezero Crater
NASA’s Perseverance rover will celebrate its second anniversary on the surface of Mars Saturday, Feb. 18.
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Perseverance Rover’s Collection of Mars Samples
Perseverance Rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth by a future mission.
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Perseverance Rover Starts To Collect Regolith Samples
NASA’s Perseverance rover snagged two new samples from the Martian surface on Dec. 2 and 6. But unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, these newest samples came from […]
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Perseverance Rover To Begin Building Martian Sample Depot
In the coming days, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Rock Samples From The Floor of Jezero Crater Show Significant Contact With Water Together With Possible Organic Compounds
Analysis of multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020, reveals significant interaction between the rocks and liquid water, according […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving
Perseverance Investigates Fine-grained Sedimentary Rock On Mars For Biosignatures
Exploring a sediment-rich location in this Mars delta offers tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team.
Posted inAstrogeology, Away Teams & Field Reports, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Press Release
Away Team Tools: Virtual Hiking Map for Jezero Crater – Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Site
Prospective Mars explorers can now go for a virtual hike around the landing site of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover with an interactive map loaded with orbital imagery, terrain data […]