Rover Collects Most Promising Sample Yet To Look For Life On Mars

rocks on Mars

The latest—and most alluring—Mars sample was collected on July 21.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
More than three years into the Mars Perseverance rover mission, scientists have cached what could be a game-changing sample in the quest to learn if life ever arose on the red planet. “This rock could potentially be very important,” Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, said at the 10th...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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