NASA Car-Sized Rover Digs a Hole on Mars, Doesn’t Go as Planned

While exploring the Jazero Crater on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover was assigned to collect a sample out of one of the most ancient layers of exposed bedrock. However, the rover’s first attempt to collect Mars samples came up empty. On February 18th, the car-sized Mars rover landed on the Red Planet, together with its little helicopter buddy, Ingenuity. Up until recently, (continue reading...)