This unique intersection may contain evidence of carbonates, or minerals that can preserve signs of ancient life.Īnd the most exciting part? Perseverance is just getting started. This will be followed by a second science campaign where the rover travels northwest to the ancient river delta that flowed into the crater. This science campaign will wrap up once Perseverance returns to its landing site, having traveled between 1.6 and 3.1 miles (2.6 and 5 kilometers) and filling up to eight of the 43 sample tubes the rover carries. The science team will instruct the rover to collect one or two samples from this area and determine four areas of interest that help tell the history of Mars. We don’t know what stories the rocks and layered outcrops will tell us, but we’re excited to get started.” “This area was under at least 100 meters (328 feet) of water 3.8 billion years ago. “Starting with the Crater Floor Fractured Rough and Seitah geologic units allows us to start our exploration of Jezero at the very beginning,” Hand said. This map shows the route Perseverance will take during the first science campaign in Jezero Crater, as well as the path to the second science campaign. Séítah is full of intriguing features besides bedrock, including ridges, layered rocks and sand dunes. Perseverance will start with the area of Jezero scientists have named Crater Floor Fractured Rough, as well as Séítah, which means “amidst the sand” in the Navajo language. The first few hundred sols, or Martian days, of the mission will be spent exploring some of the deepest and oldest layers of exposed bedrock in the crater. It’s been quite a ride watching what has happened, given all the things she was. Perseverance is officially starting its main science mission to study Jezero Crater and piece together the geologic and climate history of the area, as well as collect rock and dirt samples. In 2021, NASA named the Mars landing site for the Perseverance rover the Octavia E. It is from this location that the first samples from another planet will be collected for return to Earth by a future mission,” Trosper said. “Over the next several months, Perseverance will be exploring a 1.5-square-mile (4-square-kilometer) patch of crater floor. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NASAĬuriosity rover searches for salt on Mars NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used two cameras to create this selfie in front of Mont Mercou, a rock outcrop that stands 20 feet (6 meters) tall. FX has given a pilot order to Kindred, an adaptation of Octavia E. “We are putting the rover’s commissioning phase as well as the landing site in our rearview mirror and hitting the road,” said Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in a statement. (L-R) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Courtney Lee-Mitchell and Octavia E. It has successfully generated oxygen on Mars, supported the first flights of the Ingenuity helicopter, captured audio of Mars using its microphones and taken more than 75,000 images of its surroundings. Perseverance has already checked off some impressive achievements since landing on February 18. The samples Perseverance collects, which could contain microfossils, will be returned to Earth in the 2030s. Why a rare phenomenon in Mars' sky matters here on EarthĪlong the way, the rover will continue flexing and preparing to explore Jezero Crater by testing and fine-tuning its auto-navigation and sampling systems. Seen here are five images stitched together from a much wider panorama taken by the rover's Mast Camera, or Mastcam. READ MORE: Welcome to 'Octavia E.NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these iridescent, or "mother of pearl," clouds on March 5, 2021, the 3,048th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Now Butler, who also became the first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship in 1995, will permanently have her name and legacy etched in the surface of Mars - and we can’t think of a more fitting honor. In 1997, NASA named the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft the Carl Sagan Memorial Station after the lauded astronomer and television host. Butler Landing is part of a tradition at NASA of naming otherworldly locations, landmarks, and spacecraft after inspirational writers and artists who have left an indelible mark on the scientific community.įor example, the landing site where the Curiosity Rover landed in 2012 in the Gale Crater was named after fellow science fiction writer Ray Bradbury. Butler Landing." Groundbreaking author is a perfect fit for this mission, as her main characters embody overcoming challenges. The spot where began its journey on Mars now bears the name “Octavia E.
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