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Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists

  • Written by Melissa Rice, Associate Professor of Planetary Science, Western Washington University
imagePerseverance took a selfie next to its biggest accomplishment yet – the two small drill holes where the rover took samples of Martian rocks. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

In the short time since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Mars’ Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, it’s already made history.

At the moment, Mars and the Earth are...

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