“I’ve got it!” NASA’s Perseverance rover collects its first Mars rock sample 190 days into mission, historic step ahead of plan to return it to Earth within a decade
2021-09-16
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected its first rock sample on Mars, marking an historic first step in a mission to return the sample to Earth later this decade.
Initially scientists couldn’t conclusively confirm whether the rover had gathered a sample due to poor sunlight conditions on the Red Planet. On