NASA's Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain
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Perseverance is currently investigating the delta's sedimentary rocks, formed when particles of various sizessettled in the once-watery environment.
Key Points:
- Perseverance is currently investigating the delta's sedimentary rocks, formed when particles of various sizessettled in the once-watery environment.
- In 2013, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover found evidence of organic matter in rock-powder samples, and Perseverance has detected organics in Jezero Crater before.
- The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA's Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.
- JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.