NASA's Perseverance is finally set to explore an area believed to harbor signs of life on Mars, an ancient river delta in the Jezero Crater.
near the remains of what we believe to be an ancient delta, the rover was set up for a spectacular journey.the bottom of one of the delta’s key features. It’s here that NASA hopes to find signs of life on Mars.
Of course, there’s no way to tell what Perseverance will find as it ascends the delta front. However, NASA does plan to collect any promising samples as the rover makes its way back down into the crater proper.The Jezero Crater on Mars, where the new NASA rover landed. Image source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS
In the delta, NASA’s Perseverance team hopes to find fine-grained clay-bearing mudstones. These mudstones are prime candidates for preserving organics. As such, NASA scientists believe they could harbor potential ancient microbes. They also hope to find coarser-grained sandstones among the rocky surface of the delta.
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