NASA's Perseverance rover investigates Mars terrain

NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a top prospect for finding signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.

A composition of multiple images shows NASA’s Perseverance rover putting its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in Mars’ Jezero Crater

21 September 2022
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The rover has collected four samples from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater since July 7, bringing the total count of scientifically compelling rock samples to 12.

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