The rover will measure Mars’:
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geology
atmosphere
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It will also collect samples of rock and soil, which will be put in tubes and collected at a later date*****x4HgDm2cCh pic.twitter.com/kdrfe3rJG2
Jezero features one of the best-preserved Martian examples of a delta: layered structures formed when rivers enter open bodies of water and deposit rocks, sand and (potentially) organic carbon
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So, it’ll contain rocks from further upstream*****x4HgDm2cCh
Perseverance will drive up the rim of Jezero Crater and take cores that could help find out the maximum age of the lake
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The evidence for whether Jezero was habitable - along with signs of any life - could be preserved up on the rim*****E8gb0ZhhsS pic.twitter.com/45LuyXIHIn
The samples of Mars rock will be left on the surface to be collected by a “fetch rover” possibly by 2031
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Until then, Perseverance’s analysis of the surface will hopefully help us to better understand our close-neighbour*****05ZEzPQdYJ