NASA's Perseverance rover collects first rock sample

NASA's Perseverance rover collects first rock sample

Space Daily

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Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover has completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California received data that confirmed the historic milestone. The core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, making it available for retrieval in the f

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