Ken Farley

NASA sent the Perseverance rover to Mars in 2020. The key objective of the mission includes collecting rock samples from the Red Planet that may contain signs of ancient microbial life. NASA and ESA will later send a spacecraft to Mars to collect these samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Perseverance rover is also tasked with analysing the planet’s geology and past climate that will pave the way for human exploration of Mars. According to NASA, an ancient river on Mars is helping…

For more than two years, NASA’sPerseverance rover has been roaming Mars, drilling for rock samples that may hold clues to ancient life on the Red Planet, but the six-wheeled robot can only travel so far. Luckily, the rover recently got some extra help from a river that once flowed on the surface of Mars.Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant LeakIn late June, NASA’s Perseverance rover sealed its 20th rock sample in an airtight titanium tube nestled inside its belly. This particular…

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2020, and has since been spending every Martian sol exploring the western end of Jezero Crater, imaging the Martian surface, and—vitally—collecting rock samples that will be shipped to Earth in the early 2030s.Now, the intrepid rover has cored, stored, and dropped its final sample from the Red Planet. The sample was deposited on January 28, nearly a year since the rover picked up its first specimen from a rock on January 31, 2022.Perseverance had a false start when…