Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Mars 2020 rover paves way for rock sample return

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 28, 2020
The new Mars rover planned for launch Thursday from Florida will kicks off an effort that takes least 10 years to bring rock samples back to Earth. On board the Perseverance rover are 43 containers the size of cigar tubes, designed to hold rock and dirt samples. If all goes well, many of them will be back on Earth by 2031 as part of an international effort to study them for possible sig

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