NASA’s Perseverance Rover Has Been Very Busy

The Perseverance Rover has been in the Jeziro Crater for more than a Martian year, or 687 Earth days. In that time and especially recently, a lot has happened in preparation for different experiments and missions. This includes a journey out of the base of the crater and up Jezero’s western fan as it begins exploring the upper surface. As of right now, it has sealed 22 of the 43 sample tubes it brought to Mars and created the Three Forks Sample Depot where it deposited 10 of these samples. Earlier this year Perseverance completed one of its biggest milestones with the construction of the first sample depot on another world. This event involved precision planning and navigation to ensure the tubes could be safely recovered in the future by the Mars Sample Return campaign. After exploring boulder field last week, Perseverance is continuing the Upper Fan campaign with important mission objectives coming up as well. Here I will go more in-depth into what the rover has been up to, the current Mars Sample Return progress, its busy route, and more. Full article here - For more space-related content check out - Credit: NASA - Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - The Rover’s Route 3:15 - Sample Return Progress