Mars New 4k 2023: Perseverance Rover’s Latest Video Footage
Perseverance has successfully dropped yet another sample tube on the Martian surface. This was the fifth of the 10 titanium sample tubes that wil make up the backup depot at Three Forks, an area located near the base of an ancient river delta in the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater.
This tube contains a core sample from a rock that formed from magma, and then was altered by water several times. It could help scientists understand the early history of this area, when life may have been present, NASA said in a tweet on Friday.
A pair of Sample Recovery Helicopters will retrieve the samples cached at Three Forks, should the rover be unable to deliver the samples itself to the lander. The Sample Retrieval Lander is planned to launch in 2028 and the samples are expected to arrive on Earth in 2033.
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