A special operation performed this week by the Perseverance rover takes NASA another step closer to bringing the first Mars rock samples to Earth.
NASA has taken a significant step forward in getting Mars samples back to Earth after its Perseverance rover deposited its first rock-filled tube on the martian surface for possible collection by a later mission.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is overseeing the rover mission, called it “one small drop for humankind.” If Perseverance is unable to deliver its samples to the lander, Sample Recovery Helicopters — based on the design of NASA’s Mars-based Ingenuity aircraft — will fly to the depot to gather the samples from there instead.
According to JPL, the first sample left at the depot is a chalk-size core of igneous rock informally named “Malay.” It was gathered from a region of Mars’ Jezero Crater called South Séítah on January 31, 2022.
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