Besides discoveries about the volcanic history of Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a very unique rock on the surface of Mount Washburn, inside Jezero Crater for the very first time.
NASA’s Perseverance rover, better known as Percy, was designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. It successfully landed on the Red Planet on the 18th of February in 2021 and has been providing scientists with crucial information ever since.
“In terms of the size, shape, and arrangement of its mineral grains and crystals—and potentially its chemical composition – Atoko Point is in a league of its own,” NASA shared in their“The diversity of textures and compositions at Mount Washburn was an exciting discovery for the team, as these rocks represent a grab bag of geologic gifts brought down from the crater rim and potentially beyond,” added Brad Garczynski from Western Washington University, the research team’s co-leader.
Even though Perseverance has a similar design to its predecessor rover, Curiosity, it was moderately upgraded: it carries 7 primary payload instruments, 23 cameras , and 2 microphones.
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