A kaleidoscope of grains to study🔬
Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, 2 samples taken by @NASAPersevere are filled with broken rock & dust. Studying these could help teams design safer missions & equipment, especially for future Mars astronauts. http://go.nasa.gov/3YgdutY
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Unlike the 15 rock cores collected to date, 2 samples taken by @NASAPersevere are filled with broken rock & dust. Studying these could help teams design safer missions & equipment, especially for future Mars astronauts. http://go.nasa.gov/3YgdutY
#NASAJPL
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Gets the Dirt on Mars
The mission’s first two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – could help scientists better understand the Red Planet and engineers prepare for future missions there.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)