Saturday, February 5, 2022

Sampling travails and successes on Mars

 

The Mars Perseverance rover has been drilling rocks as it continues on its Mars exploration mission, and it encountered a bit of a problem when some pebbles got stuck in the drilling apparatus.  But they did some clever maneuvering to shake the pebbles out, and got back to successful drilling.  All in a sol's work, as they say on the Red Planet.

Below, a couple of articles about these most recent challenges.

Mars rover Perseverance collects new sample after clearing pebble clog


Surprise! NASA's Perseverance collects sample of ancient Martian rock that has 'drill and abrasion marks' and resembles a shocked face, after finally clearing pebbles clogging its machinery


Drill me again!


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