The Perseverance rover is trying to stash a rock core away for safekeeping, but things aren't going according to plan. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. "I've got it!

In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover extracted a rock core from the edge of Neretva Vallis, a river valley cut into the Martian surface by water rushing into the Jezero Crater billions of years ago ...

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NASA's Perseverance rover has snagged another Red Planet sample for eventual shipment to Earth. Perseverance, which is exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, collected its 13th drilled-out rock core in ...