The revised Mars Sample Return strategy does away with a "fetch rover" and its lander, relying instead on the Perseverance rover and helicopters based on Ingenuity. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s ...

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Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the long journey back to Earth in immaculate condition. The tubes carried in the belly of ...

After almost two years of roaming the surface of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has officially dropped off the tenth and final Martian soil sample on the surface of the Red Planet.

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NASA's Perseverance rover has collected several "tantalizing" rock samples from an ancient river delta on Mars, setting the stage for an elaborate future mission that aims to retrieve the specimens ...

The NASA Perseverance rover isn’t only exploring Mars for the scientific discoveries it can make now — it’s also paving the way for future missions which intend to bring samples back from Mars to ...

NASA may have discovered a biosignature on Mars, but could China be in position to get crucial samples back to Earth first to make a definitive analysis? NASA's Perseverance team announced on Sept. 10 ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2020, and has since been spending every Martian sol exploring the western end of Jezero Crater, imaging the Martian surface, ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. Scientists must bring the rock to Earth for further study, but three key features make it promising. The ...