https://spacewatch.global/tag/jezero-crater/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/jezero-crater/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/nasas-perseverance-rover-deposits-first-rock-sample-on-mars/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45629 NASA’s Perseverance rover deposited its first titanium sample tube containing a rock sample on Mars’ surface. The sample is the first of 10 forming a depot of tubes that will be considered to be brought back to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign, the agency said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/mars-rover-perseverance-collected-first-rock-sample/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35818 NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil, NASA reported. The core is currently awaiting retrieval in an airtight titanium sample tube with serial number 266. The rover had failed to collect samples on its first try just last month.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/nasas-touchdown-on-mars-expected-for-today/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30491&preview=true&preview_id=30491 NASA's touchdown on Mars expected for today]]>