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The robotic arm on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its percussive drill to core and collect the "Main River" rock sample on March 10, 2025, the 1,441st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. NASA ID: PIA26571 larger image

Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

Perseverance Astrobiology Droid Cores ‘Main River’ On Mars

by Keith CowingMay 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Photo courtesy of Andrew Wozniak, University of Delaware; HOV Alvin Team; Funder: NSF. © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Ocean Planet Exploration: Alvin Crew Witnesses Seafloor Eruption On The East Pacific Rise

by Keith CowingMay 14, 2025May 14, 2025

Schematic illustration of our proposed carbon cycle on early Mars. Evaporation of water (pink shading) from subsurface pore spaces initially deposits siderite, which sequesters atmospheric CO2 (black downward arrow). Increasing levels of evaporation deposit Ca-sulfate and Mg-sulfate minerals. Wind-blown (eolian) sedimentation at the ground surface (gray dots) moves the location of evaporation and chemical sedimentation upward with time. After some time (white arrow), infiltration of siderite-undersaturated fluids (yellow shading) partially destroys the previously precipitated siderite, forming Fe-oxyhydroxides and releasing previous

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Carbonates Identified By The Curiosity Rover Indicate A Carbon Cycle Operated On Ancient Mars

by Keith CowingApril 20, 2025

Martian surface outside of Jezero Crater taken by NASA’s Perseverance on Dec. 25, 2024, at the site where the rover cored a sample dubbed “Silver Mountain” from a rock likely formed during Mars’ earliest geologic period. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS larger image

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Perseverance Studies The Rim Of Jezero Crater

by Keith CowingApril 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Science Autonomy Using Machine Learning

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Science Autonomy Using Machine Learning For Astrobiology – A White Paper For 2025 NASA DARES

by Keith CowingApril 3, 2025May 25, 2025

DLR's SCOUT Rover is designed to explore the complex terrain of lava tubes. © Roy Lichtenheldt, DLR

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Away Team Tech: Testing Rovers In Lava Tubes For Future Space Exploration

by Keith CowingFebruary 1, 2025

Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Panspermia, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

Mars Sample Return: From Collection To Curation Of Samples From A Habitable World

by Keith CowingJanuary 26, 2025January 26, 2025

Map showing mission progress at the time of writing, superimposed on a geologic map of Jezero crater, after ref. 11. Rover traverse and waypoints shown with white line and dots, respectively; sampling locations shown with red crosses. Labeled black boxes show approximate extent of each campaign. Names of major units or formations encountered—or expected to be encountered—are labeled in white italics. Approximate location of images shown in Fig. 2 are denoted with a red star. -- PNAS via PubMed

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Sampling Mars: Geologic Context and Preliminary Characterization of Samples Collected by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission

by Keith CowingJanuary 25, 2025January 25, 2025

Sample traverse 2023-07-23 13-05-11. LIBS recordings are marked to facilitate orientation. Note the compass in the lower left corner: East is up and North is left. -- Scientific Data via PubMed

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BASEPROD: The Bardenas Semi-Desert Planetary Rover Dataset

by Keith CowingJanuary 23, 2025August 23, 2025

The schematic shows the approximate configuration of the sampling apparatus -- Commun Earth Environ via PubMed

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Deep Terrestrial Indigenous Microbial Community Dominated By Candidatus Frackibacter

by Keith CowingJanuary 9, 2025January 9, 2025