2. NASA's newest Mars rover has
successfully amassed its first rock sample
for return to Earth, after last month's try got
here up empty.
The Perseverance rover's leader engineer,
Adam Stelzner, referred to as it an
excellent center pattern.
"I've in no way been extra satisfied to peer
a hole in a rock," he tweeted Thursday.
A month ago, Perseverance drilled into lots
softer rock, and the pattern crumbled and
didn't get inside the titanium tube. The
rover drove a half of-mile to a better
sampling spot to try again. Team
individuals analyzed records and
photographs before asserting fulfillment.
3. Perseverance arrived in February at Mars'
Jezero Crater believed to be the home of a
lush lakebed and river delta billions of
years ago searching for rocks that could
keep evidence of historical existence.
NASA plans to launch greater spacecraft to
retrieve the samples accrued via
Perseverance; engineers are hoping to go
back as many as 3 dozen samples in about
a decade.