Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's Perseverance Makes Discoveries in Mars' Jezero Crater
August 26, 2022
August 26, 2022
PASADENA, California, Aug. 26 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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The rover found that Jezero Crater's floor is made up of volcanic rocks that have interacted with water.
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Scientists got a surprise when NASA's Perseverance Mars rover began examining rocks on the floor of Jezero Crater in spring of 2021: Because the crater held a lake billions of years ago, they had expected to find sedimentar . . .
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The rover found that Jezero Crater's floor is made up of volcanic rocks that have interacted with water.
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Scientists got a surprise when NASA's Perseverance Mars rover began examining rocks on the floor of Jezero Crater in spring of 2021: Because the crater held a lake billions of years ago, they had expected to find sedimentar . . .