The Mars rover is dealing with some debris that stopped its sample collecting process.
Imagesnag, after a Martian rock sample extracted on December 29 didn’t transfer correctly into the rover’s long-term storage. NASA is currently working on how to remove debris from the rover’s machinery before proceeding with more sampling.Louise Jandura, chief engineer for sampling and caching at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, wrote in athat the issue occurred when the rock sample was being moved from the end of the robotic arm that drilled it onto the carousel that holds the sample tubes.
The Perseverance team pinged the rover for more data and imagery and told the rover to separate the drill bit and sample from the carousel. That separation occurred on January 6,lesof the cored rock that fell out during the drop-off process, keepingJandura noted that Perseverance is capable of doing the sample storage even with debris in the way, but as the
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