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Two years ago, I had just dropped off the #MarsHelicopter for its wild dream of a tech demo: flying on Mars. Now it has just notched its 50th flight. Talk about Ingenuity!

Next steps for the heli: http://go.nasa.gov/3UDPYp9
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Completes 50th Flight

The history-making rotorcraft has recently been negotiating some of the most hazardous terrain it’s encountered on the Red Planet.
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Back to the grind! I’m #SamplingMars yet again, with the first rock core of my new science campaign exploring the top of Jezero Crater’s delta.

My coring drill is working well, and my team’s excited about what this rock may hold. Here’s why: http://go.nasa.gov/3JYkAwF
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NASA's Perseverance Collects First Mars Sample of New Science Campaign

The rover continues its hunt for rocks worthy of bringing to Earth for further study.
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You might know I carry a “pet rock” in my left front wheel, which tumbled in there over a year ago. But did you know others have joined the journey too? I’ve picked up two additional hitchhikers, in my right front and rear wheels. Fine by me – let’s keep rolling!
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🎥 And…action! Check out my latest video of the #MarsHelicopter kicking up dust and taking off for Flight #47.

Ingenuity is well beyond its “warranty” at this point, but has been zipping along with me, keeping up for as long as it can as we move together uphill.
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Some interesting tilted rock beds and flagstones just up ahead. Going to creep a bit closer and see if they’d make good science targets. (Truth be told, I could stare at rocks all day.) 🪨🤓

My location: http://go.nasa.gov/where-is-perseverance
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Location Map for Perseverance Rover - NASA

Get the day-by-day location of the Mars Perseverance rover as it explores Jezero Crater in this interactive map. The map also shows the location of the Mars Helicopter.
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Attention explorers: #PiDay is coming soon! Sharpen your pencils for the #NASAPiDayChallenge, including a problem featuring yours truly. Can you complete all four before 3.14 (March 14)?
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1️⃣ In satellite images, my team spied some interesting curved rock beds in this area, which may have come from a meandering river.
2️⃣ #MarsHelicopter flew over the area to scout it out.
3️⃣ Now I’m here doing science up close.

How’s that for teamwork?
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Working my way uphill, I recently spotted the #MarsHelicopter again, up ahead. Can you believe it’s flown over 6 miles (10 km), in 46 flights? Not bad for a test vehicle that was shooting for one successful hover to start with! 🤯

Ingenuity’s flight log: http://go.nasa.gov/2U43zuH
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Mars Helicopter - NASA

The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another planet for the first time.
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The climb has begun! With my backup samples safe on the crater floor, I’m heading “upriver.” What am I looking for up on top of the ancient delta? One of my science team explains: http://go.nasa.gov/3XCaaaZ
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The First in the Universe, but What's Next? - NASA

A momentous accomplishment occurred last week when Perseverance completed the Three Forks Sample Depot on the floor of Jezero Crater, the only known sample depot in the universe.
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The full set, in one view! Check out my new panorama, featuring all 🔟 of the sample tubes I recently set down as a backup for #MarsSampleReturn.

Trouble spotting them all? Improve your odds with this interactive viewer, and zoom in on the full image: http://go.nasa.gov/3K4kjtJ
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Shows Off Collection of Mars Samples

The Red Planet rover snapped a portrait of the sample depot it has assembled with 10 backup sample tubes that could be returned to Earth by a future mission.
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As my team knows, success is often about facing tough challenges and sticking through it. That’s why they love to highlight and chat with students who show true perseverance. Know a kid who fits the bill? Nominate by March 1:
http://go.nasa.gov/gotperseverance
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You've Got Perseverance! - NASA

The 'You've Got Perseverance!' opportunity is for students who have demonstrated perseverance in their academic pursuits.
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We've got some good sample hunters in the comments! Many can pick out two tubes fairly easily by following my tracks. And if you download the high-res selfie you might spot several more. (The one shown directly in front of me in the pic sits at position #9 in this overhead map.)
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If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been busy in the last few weeks, setting down some very special items for possible return to Earth via #MarsSampleReturn.

How many lightsab…I mean sample tubes can you spot in my latest selfie?🔍

Full image: http://go.nasa.gov/3j5YcIw
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Perseverance's Three Forks Sample Depot Selfie – NASA Mars Exploration

NASA’s Perseverance took a selfie looking down at one of 10 tubes the rover deposited at the sample depot it created in an area within Jezero Crater nicknamed “Three Forks.” This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on Jan.
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📷 Who took this picture? I did.
🤳 How is that possible? An explanation: http://youtu.be/aKNjQhIAUp0
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How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Takes a Selfie

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured a historic group selfie with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on April 6, 2021. But how was the selfie taken? Vandi Verma, Pe...
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In this tube: a piece of sandstone, with clues about the wet environment it formed in. The individual grains within this rock got carried here by a river that flowed in long ago. That means it's got info about what it was like farther upstream. Catnip for rock nerds!
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Another tube drop makes eight out of 10!

Reminder: this set I’m dropping is a backup. Plan A: I deliver the samples I’m still carrying (and others still to come) directly to #MarsSampleReturn. But if I can’t, this set alone would be worth sending back. https://mars.nasa.gov/msr
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Mars Sample Return - NASA

NASA and ESA are working to plan ways to bring the first samples of Mars rocks and soil back to Earth for detail study.
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Here’s a wider view of the area, including “Skinner Ridge,” where I collected this sample back in July 2022. Full-resolution image: https://go.nasa.gov/3IMvdnn
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Two Perseverance Sampling Locations in Jezero's Delta – NASA Mars Exploration

NASA’s Perseverance rover collected rock samples for possible return to Earth in the future from two locations seen in this image of Mars’ Jezero Crater: “Wildcat Ridge” (lower left) and “Skinner Ridge” (upper right).
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Sample Depot now 70% complete!

The rock core in this tube is from a fine-grained mudstone, formed in the ancient river delta nearby. It’s the kind of rock that could be good for preserving signs of ancient life (if life was ever present here). 🔍
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I got this sample from a rock we call “Wildcat Ridge.” Drop yourself on Mars and check it out: It’s one of the sampling spots you can explore in this 3D experience, built from images and data I sent back: http://go.nasa.gov/3H0pSHU
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Explore with Perseverance

A 3D interactive experience lets you explore with Perseverance, see closeup images the rover has taken, and key points of interest.
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Since I collected samples in this area about six months ago, my team’s been really excited about the possibility of bringing them back with #MarsSampleReturn.

Read more on why: http://go.nasa.gov/3xkyzav
Or take a deeper dive and hear from them directly: 👇http://bit.ly/3CIfj9W
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain

The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign.
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The #MarsHelicopter and I are closer together than we’ve been in a while, and guess who I spotted resting on a dune between flights. Can you believe Ingenuity is gearing up for Flight #39? 🤯

Latest on Ingenuity: http://go.nasa.gov/ingenuity
Interactive map: http://go.nasa.gov/2R1gzNi
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Mars Helicopter - NASA

The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another planet for the first time.
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Fond memories! My very first rock core, from back in Sept. 2021, now sits sealed up and waiting for potential return to Earth. Six of 10 sample tubes are now down in my backup set.
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You might remember I collected two samples from this rock, as I’ve done in several spots. From each of those sites, I’m keeping one sample, and setting one down in this sample depot I’m building.

More on each sample: http://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples
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Perseverance Rover Mars Rock Samples

More about the Mars rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover that may one day be returned to Earth by a future mission for scientists to study.
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I collected this rock core back in Nov. 2021. Bringing samples from rocks like this back to Earth for closer study could be really revealing.🔬
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Five down, five to go, as I lay down my backup set of 10 samples.

In this tube: a core sample from a rock that formed from magma, then was altered by water several times. It could help scientists understand the early history of this area, when life may have been present. 🔎🪨
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Meanwhile, here’s more on what my team learned from early studies of this rock and others like it: http://go.nasa.gov/3s848ml
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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries

The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to study.
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As of today, I’ve ridden the Red Planet around our Sun one whole time. Highlights from my first Mars year:

✅Explore vast crater floor
✅Collect 18 samples
✅Examine ancient river delta
✅Start laying down samples for #MarsSampleReturn

Many adventures still ahead, so...onward!
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Sample Depot: 40% complete!

Another successful tube drop adds to my growing collection here at the “Three Forks” location. Four of the 10 tubes I’m leaving here as a backup set are down. More on my samples: http://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples
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Perseverance Rover Mars Rock Samples

More about the Mars rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover that may one day be returned to Earth by a future mission for scientists to study.
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I love #photography. From broad landscapes to extreme closeups, my pics from 2022 had a bit of everything. Your weekly faves included my “pet rock,” a Martian moon, and more.

👍View and “like” photos: http://go.nasa.gov/2L6tFta
📷Image of the Week gallery: http://go.nasa.gov/3s4mRg7
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Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.
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Educators: Four days left to nominate your middle- or high-school student for “You’ve Got Perseverance!” Celebrate their drive to overcome with a special award from me and my mission team.

Get details & nominate by Jan. 3: http://go.nasa.gov/gotperseverance
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You've Got Perseverance! - NASA

The 'You've Got Perseverance!' opportunity is for students who have demonstrated perseverance in their academic pursuits.
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more science just dropped, humans! Hell yeah! #Mars #Percy #PerseveranceRover
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Just dropped off another sample tube! This one’s full of loose, sandy material collected from a nearby dune. It’s also my most recent sample, collected earlier this month. 👇
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Not one to brag, but this is pretty momentous. By dropping this one tube to the ground, I’ve officially started setting aside samples that Mars Sample Return could bring back to Earth someday.

Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/3WzZ5qF
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface

Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
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Up ahead: “Three Forks.” The spot where I’ll drop a set of samples that the #MarsSampleReturn missions could bring back to Earth for closer study. This first set is full of diverse rocks that could help answer if life ever arose here.
Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/3YrmL2l
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NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot

The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.
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Somehow I get the feeling I’ve been here before… 🤔

(I have. I’m retracing my steps to a place we call “Three Forks.” More on that soon!)

My latest location: http://go.nasa.gov/where-is-perseverance
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Location Map for Perseverance Rover - NASA

Get the day-by-day location of the Mars Perseverance rover as it explores Jezero Crater in this interactive map. The map also shows the location of the Mars Helicopter.
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🔊 Take a listen: I’ve captured the first audio recording of a dust devil on Mars. They happen fairly often around here, but without warning, they’re not always easy to catch. But with a bit of, ahem – perseverance – it’s possible!

Read more: http://go.nasa.gov/3Hx3Qgs
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Experiencing a Dust Devil - NASA

Recently a combination of instruments on the Perseverance rover has experienced a dust devil in a new way.
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Explorers in #Chicago have been checking out twins of me and the #MarsHelicopter at @AdlerPlanet. Models will be there through Jan. 3, and tonight @nasa experts are on hand to answer your questions during the Adler at Night event!

#MarsRoverTour info: https://go.nasa.gov/marsrovertour
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Roving With Perseverance - NASA

Mars Perseverance model and related exhibits go on the road to museums around the country.
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Take it from a Mars rover: pushing past obstacles takes determination. Know a student who’s #gotperseverance? My team wants to celebrate them with a message from Mars and a live chat from mission control. Nominate by Dec. 19!

Details/eligibility: http://go.nasa.gov/gotperseverance
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You've Got Perseverance! - NASA

The 'You've Got Perseverance!' opportunity is for students who have demonstrated perseverance in their academic pursuits.
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Doubling up! I’ve taken a second sample of loose material from this sandy ripple. #SamplingMars this way adds a new dimension to my other rock cores. See why both engineers and scientists could learn a lot from this material: http://go.nasa.gov/3iJ9iCy
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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.
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New achievement unlocked! After taking 15 rock cores and one atmospheric sample, I now have my third sample type: “regolith” (loose, sandy material). This specialized, hollow drill bit is another great tool for #SamplingMars.

Read more: http://go.nasa.gov/3B6KV8c
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Reading the Ripples at Observation Mountain - NASA

After spending over 600 sols (days on Mars) exploring the diverse geologic environment of Jezero crater, collecting drilled rock cores (and one atmospheric sample) along the way, Perseverance recently spent some time parked near a large sand ripple n…
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