‘Perfect’ Mars rock sample drilled from the Red Planet in historic mission

Image caption: The Martian boulder “Rochette” now has a perfect drill-hole imprinted in its ancient side. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. Article by Brandon Specktor. Live Science – September 2, 2021.

This rock core could hold signs of the Red Planet’s ancient life.

Following a failed first attempt last month, NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully drilled and captured a perfect rock core from the Red Planet. This puts scientists one big step closer to their goal of someday returning the rock sample to Earth, in order to study it for signs […]

Click here to view original web page at www.livescience.com