Perseverance has been collecting rock samples on Mars.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collected a sample named 'Sapphire Canyon' from a rock called 'Cheyava Falls' in Jezero Crater.
Perseverance discovered Cheyava Falls while exploring the 'Bright Angel' formation in July 2024.
NASA's Perseverance rover is managed by Caltech and operates under the Science Mission Directorate as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
Perseverance's PIXL and SHERLOC instruments first collected data on Cheyava Falls, which is shaped like an arrowhead.
Perseverance has collected 27 rock cores since landing at Jezero Crater in February 2021.
A Mars sample return mission, currently being conducted by the Perseverance rover, is also under threat of cancellation.
The Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021 as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
The Martian rock 'Whites River' is located 12 meters from the Perseverance rover and was the target of the SuperCam's 500,000th shot.
Perseverance is developed and operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Caltech-NASA).
The SuperCam instrument is part of the Perseverance rover's mission to study Mars' geological diversity and search for bio-signatures.
One concept involves a version of the 'sky crane' used for landing the Perseverance rover.
NASA commissioned a dozen studies to explore different approaches for delivering a lander to fetch samples from Perseverance.
The Mars rover Perseverance has been collecting rock samples on the surface of Mars.
Perseverance leaves collected samples in special containers at various locations in the Jezero Crater.
The first landing option uses previously flown entry, descent, and landing system designs, particularly the Sky-Crane method used by the Curiosity and Perseverance missions.
The SuperCam laser, which arrived in February 2021 on NASA's Perseverance rover, is now more powerful than ChemCam's laser.
The Mars Sample Return plan calls for retrieving samples collected by the Perseverance rover, launching them into Martian orbit with a Mars Ascent Vehicle, and having the European-built Earth Return Orbiter collect them for return to Earth.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is collecting samples to determine if life has existed on Mars.
Ingenuity returned first-of-its-kind images of the Perseverance rover and Martian vistas.