With more rocks in its pack, Perseverance is moving on to an old river delta in pursuit of ancient running water.
. While other Mars missions are searching for signs of water, the rover is going a step further by caching the most promising rocks for a sample-return mission that NASA and its European counterpart intend to launch later this decade.Perseverance landed in February 2021 in the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater. Mission scientists believe that billions of years ago, the crater held a lake and a river delta, making it a rich hunting ground to sample for potential signs of ancient life.
Stashing my latest rock core sample and finishing up at this location. I’m packing up and making my way to the dry river delta. Off we go! #SamplingMars pic.twitter.com/hgdT7jcRBy"There we will have the opportunity to investigate sedimentary rock layers, clay minerals, and rounded boulders washed down from far beyond Jezero.
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