nytimes September 7, 2021 1:01pm NASA’s Perseverance Rover Stashes First Mars Rock Sample #perseverancemarsrover #marsplanet #geology #spaceandastronomy #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #china #science #news NASA’s Perseverance Rover Stashes First Mars Rock Sample The rock, sealed in a tube, is the first of many the robotic explorer will collect to one day send back to Earth for scientists to study.
nytimes September 2, 2021 5:01pm NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Drills Rock Samples Successfully #marsplanet #perseverancemarsrover #spaceandastronomy #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #geology #rockandstone #research #science #news On Mars, NASA’s Perseverance Rover Drilled the Rocks It Came For After an earlier drilling attempt failed to collect anything, the rover appeared to gather its first sample. But mission managers need to take another look before sealing the tube.