NASA’s Perseverance To Relocate For Next Try At Sample Collection

Mark Carreau August 12, 2021
Mars
Perseverance will move to South Seitah for its next sample collection attempt.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
NASA’s Perseverance rover will move to a different spot on the Martian surface for its next attempt to collect a sample of surface material after a first try Aug. 5-6 failed. Perseverance will relocate to an adjacent site on the floor of the Jezero Crater named South Seitah, according to a late Aug...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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