The Mars rover Perseverance continues to make its way to the river delta of Jezero Crater. However the hike to the delta has not been real smooth, with a rock getting stuck in the wheel. Even with strong layers of aluminum designed to drive across the rocky Martian terrain, the sharp rocks are very problematic. The rover is expected to get to the delta early next month.
Perseverance’s partner, a mini drone named Ingenuity has also been trying to meet up with Perseverance at the Delta. The weather has also been hard mainly because of leftover dust from a storm that ended only weeks ago. Perseverance has been making pit stops a lot and recently drilled and collected its 8th sample.
"Stashing my latest rock core sample (#8!) and finishing up at this location. I’m packing up and making my way to the dry river delta. Off we go," the rover's Twitter account said on Monday, March 14. (Yes robot’s do Tweet)
The rover has spent over a year trekking across this 28-mile-wide crater and NASA is hoping that the delta will show signs of life.
NASA has already planned out where the rover will drill next after that.
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