Mars Sample Return a top scientific priority, Lunine testifies
March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024
ITHACA, New York, March 21 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
At the western end of Mars' Jezero Crater, a river channel and pile of sediments resembling river deltas on Earth hold clues about how Mars evolved from a more Earth-like world to the barren, inhospitable surface seen today.
Since 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has collected more than 20 samples of rocks and sediments from the crater floor, delta fan and hills above it - resources that could an . . .
At the western end of Mars' Jezero Crater, a river channel and pile of sediments resembling river deltas on Earth hold clues about how Mars evolved from a more Earth-like world to the barren, inhospitable surface seen today.
Since 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover has collected more than 20 samples of rocks and sediments from the crater floor, delta fan and hills above it - resources that could an . . .