Nasa: NASA’s Perseverance scraped the rocks on Mars – What were its final findings (pics) |

After a brief hiatus in October, during solar coupling, the Perseverance rover returned to its activities, this time exploring a series of impressive rocks in the Jezero crater on Mars.

The solar eclipse – a period between which the sun is between Earth and Mars – began on October 2, and this resulted in the interruption of NASA’s communications with the rover.

Peering inside to look at something no one’s ever seen. I’ve abraded a small patch of this rock to remove the surface layer and get a look underneath. Zeroing in on my next target for #SamplingMars.

More pics here for fellow rock lovers: https://t.co/Ex1QDo3eC2 pic.twitter.com/qfIRs3MYyI

– NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) November 9, 2021

This blackout ended on October 19 and Perseverance resumed its search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

One of the rover’s main objectives is to collect samples of rocks and “space debris” on Mars that future missions will send to Earth from future ones.

They have already collected two samples with the help of the Ingenuity helicopter, which acts as an aerial detector, to find the next important targets.
Since October 25, Perseverance has been exploring some rock peaks in the South Seita region of the planet that are of interest to the rover science team on Earth.

The rover has a scraping tool on its robotic arm that can scrape off layers of rock to explore its interior.
Rock layers like these often form in the water and can hold indications of what their environment was like.

After breaking into the rocks, the rover sent images to show what was beneath the rusty surface and what appears to be an array of granular minerals and sediments.

CNN