Was there ever life on Mars? 🔴
The samples @NASAPersevere is collecting as part of the #MarsSampleReturn campaign could hold the answer. See why one NASA scientist is especially excited about the samples taken from “Wildcat Ridge.”
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“If you just invest a little time and a little effort in people, you will get so much more back.”
Dewayne Washington leads communications efforts for the #MarsSampleReturn campaign. This #BlackHistoryMonth, discover his leadership philosophies: go.nasa.gov/3xi9ugh
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“If you just invest a little time and a little effort in people, you will get so much more back. " – Dewayne Washington, Mars Sample Return Senior Communications Manager, NASA HeadquartersTahira Allen (NASA)
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: go.nasa.gov/3K4kjtJ
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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.NASA Mars Exploration
News from NASA 🚀
Astronauts make updates to the @Space_Station, @VP gives two former @NASA_Astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and @NASAPersevere finishes its sample depot for #MarsSampleReturn.
Experience launches and more, virtually: go.nasa.gov/3la9CeY
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Since 2020, NASA has invited the public to be virtual guests at launches and milestone events.NASA
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: go.nasa.gov/3j5YcIw
#PerseveranceRover
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.NASA Mars Exploration
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. mars.nasa.gov/msr
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NASA and ESA are working to plan ways to bring the first samples of Mars rocks and soil back to Earth for detail study.mars.nasa.gov
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: go.nasa.gov/3xkyzav
Or take a deeper dive and hear from them directly: 👇bit.ly/3CIfj9W
#PerseveranceRover
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.NASA Mars Exploration
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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One small sample tube. Built on Earth by caring humans; filled on Mars by an inquisitive robot. Now it sits waiting for a potential pickup and return journey, not many years from now. #MarsSampleReturn
Read more: go.nasa.gov/3WzZ5qF
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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.NASA Mars Exploration
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.NASA Mars Exploration
