PERSEVERANCE HAS TAKEN THE FIRST STEPS IN MARS SAMPLE RETURN
YOUR FIRST CONTACT WITH THE UNIVERSE
Words by Meghan Bartels
IN COOPERATION WITH SPACE.COM
Perseverance has begun its rock collection. The rover, designed to search for signs of ancient life on Mars and to package up material for a future sample-return mission, made its first two successful sampling manoeuvres on 6 and 8 September. NASA scientists describing the collection said they’re thrilled with what they know so far about the two rock cores.