The sample return process will require multiple steps, with the first being the preparation and sealing of surface material and other samples by the Perseverance rover. The rover will then drop ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected a sample from Mars that has textures “unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” Known as “Silver Mountain,” the rock core has been sealed into a ...

In a lot of ways, Perseverance’s sample handling system is the rover’s raison d’être, and it’s the subject of this deep dive. NASA has done its usual admirable job of communicating with ...

During the tests, the Mars Sample Fetch Rover demonstrator model named Codi received coordinates from a simulated ground control station to direct it to where simulated Mars samples had been stashed.

Description: The goal of the AEROSS (All-Electric ROver for Sample Storage) project is to create a sample recovery rover that collects, stores and deposits geological samples of interest from ...