NASA’s Perseverance rover today 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 ...

The lead scientist for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is excited about material that has been stored in the rover's sample tubes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand its powerful drill. In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, ...

Once acquired, that sample will live in the rover's belly and could one day return to Earth for detailed analysis. For now, NASA will have to figure out what went wrong and try again. Share on ...

Additional space in the tubes containing Martian rock could reveal insights into the gases that make up the Red Planet's atmosphere. Reading time 2 minutes The Perseverance rover has been toiling on ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is collecting samples that could be evidence of ancient alien life. But NASA's Mars Sample Return mission to bring them to Earth will now cost $11 billion and take two ...