Perseverance Collects Its First Rock Sample on Mars [Update: Maybe Not]

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  • August 6, 2021

Update 6:45pm EDT: Uh-oh. Bad news from NASA—the agency said later on Friday that Perseverance’s caching system doesn’t appear to be holding a rock sample after all. Though initial telemetry from the rover indicated a sample was processed, it appears that a probe tasked with measuring the sample in the tube didn’t…

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