NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Spots Unusual Rock in Ancient River Channel
As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares to ascend to the rim of Jezero Crater, its team is investigating a rock unlike any that they have seen so far on Mars. Deputy project scientist Katie Stack Morgan explains why this rock, found in an ancient channel that funneled water into the crater, could be among the oldest that Perseverance has investigated—or the youngest.
Plus, learn how the rover is equipped to determine when rocks are formed, and get a preview of where it will journey next.
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 with a key objective to collect and cache samples that may contain signs of ancient microbial life.
For more information on Perseverance, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: July 15, 2024
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