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Cette structure de rochers et sédiments, notamment leur inclinaison, permet de mieux comprendre l’histoire du delta Jezero, sur la planète Mars. Les contrastes ont été amplifiés. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Les premiers succès de Perseverance sur Mars : il y aurait bien eu un lac dans le cratère Jezero

Melissa Rice, Western Washington University and Briony Horgan, Purdue University

La confirmation de l’existence passée d’un lac dans le cratère Jezero est le premier résultat scientifique majeur de la mission du rover Perseverance.
Perseverance took a selfie next to its biggest accomplishment yet – the two small drill holes where the rover took samples of Martian rocks. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Perseverance’s first major successes on Mars – an update from mission scientists

Melissa Rice, Western Washington University and Briony Horgan, Purdue University

Perseverance and its helicopter sidekick, Ingenuity, have been on Mars for nearly nine months. The duo have taken rock samples, performed first flights and taken images of the delta in Jezero Crater.
In a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., engineers observed the first driving test for the Mars rover, Perseverance. Perseverance will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize Mars’ climate and geology, and collect samples for a future return to Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s big move to search for life on Mars – and to bring rocks home

Briony Horgan, Purdue University and Melissa Rice, Western Washington University

This summer, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is taking the next giant leap in our search for signs of life beyond Earth.

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