Pat Don

Perseverance Rover (PR) Confirms Ancient Lake Sediments In Mars’ Jerezo Crater, Hinting At A Water-Filled Past. PR Radar Sounding Aligns With Orbital Imagery And Other Data, Supporting Mars’ Wet History. This Find Backs A Once Warmer, Potentially Habitable Mars. Scientists Plan To Study The 3-Byr-Old Jerezo’s Sediment Sample On Earth.

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The First Mission To Return Samples From Another Planet Will Land On Earth In 2033. The Plan Is To Send A Lander Carrying 2 Sample Recovery Helicopters. The Perseverance Rover Will Then Transport The Samples To The Lander. But If The Rover Can’t Transport The Samples, Then The 2 Helicopters Will Be Tasked With Retrieving The Samples.

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Mars Perseverance Rover Team, Based On Preliminary Analysis Of The Rock Samples Recently Collected, May Have Identified Salt Minerals In The Rock Samples. And The Salt Minerals, Is Said, Could Have Trapped Ancient Martian Water Bubbles, Which Could Act As A Time Capsule, Offering Clues On The Ancient Habitability And Past Climate On Mars.

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