Mars Rock Sample
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NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock
NASA will hold a virtual media briefing Friday, Sept. 10, at noon EDT to provide an update on the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover, which recently completed its first successful rock sampling. The event will be livestreamed on NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency’s website, and multiple agency social media platforms. The briefing will also discuss what the rover’s instruments have learned about the…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
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 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 future.…
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