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NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Perseverance rover today completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil.
  • Through the Mars Sample Return campaign, NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are planning a series of future missions to return the rover's sample tubes to Earth for closer study.
  • "This is a momentous achievement and I can't wait to see the incredible discoveries produced by Perseverance and our team."
  • JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

Materion Technology, Expertise Take Flight on NASA’s Mars Mission

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Friday, March 5, 2021
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Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) has outfitted NASAs Perseverance rover with a stellar array of advanced technologies from Materions unique product portfolio, marking the Companys third rover mission to Mars.

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  • Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) has outfitted NASAs Perseverance rover with a stellar array of advanced technologies from Materions unique product portfolio, marking the Companys third rover mission to Mars.
  • Materion has provided optical filters for every NASA rover mission to the red planet, and the Companys bandpass filters are a key component of the rovers Mastcam-Z camera system.
  • Its high-performance optical filters are also part of the weather station located on the boom of the rover.
  • The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) instrument will characterize the dust sizes and shapes and provide daily weather reporting and information on the radiation and wind patterns on Mars.

Teledyne Commends NASA on the Successful Landing of the Mars Rover Perseverance

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Friday, February 19, 2021
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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) is proud to contribute several of its advanced high performance image sensors to form part of the complex instrumentation onboard the Mars Rover Perseverance.

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  • Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) is proud to contribute several of its advanced high performance image sensors to form part of the complex instrumentation onboard the Mars Rover Perseverance.
  • Teledyne sensors will power, sense and help analyze the chemical composition of the surface and minerals, including Gy and atmosphere during the Mars 2020 mission.
  • In addition, a Teledyne semiconductor foundry built the JPL-designed CCD image sensor that powers SkyCam, part of the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA), a meteorological suite for the Mars 2020 rover.
  • Teledyne has a long and proud tradition of enabling the exploration of Mars, including the 2012 Mars rover, Curiosity, where multiple companies, again, contributed both innovative and robust technology to a successful mission.