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NASA’s Perseverance rover is on its way to a new destination on Mars, where it will look for signs of ancient life. The rover will soon reach Jurabi Point, where three different types of rocks meet. This could reveal clues about the history and evolution of the Red Planet.

The next destination

Perseverance’s primary goal is to find evidence that Mars was once habitable and hosted microbial life. The rover is now exploring the Jezero crater, a lake filled with water billions of years ago.

You can track Perseverance’s current location here. At Jurabi Point, the rover will encounter a junction of boulder-rich, sedimentary, and margin rocks. These rocks could tell scientists how old they are and how they formed, according to Athanasios Klidaras, a planetary researcher at Purdue University and a member of the Perseverance team.

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NASA Perseverance rover is on the move to its next major spot
An orbital view of the rover's location in relation to "Jurabi Point" which is the next stop in the Margin Campaign.

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The rover will also try to drill a sample from a hard boulder at Jurabi Point. This would be the second attempt to collect a boulder sample after the first one failed at the Lost Lake region of Jezero. The rover had successfully collected several samples from softer rocks before.

Jurabi Point is part of the Margin Campaign, which began in September when Perseverance reached the Mandu Wall, a geological feature at the edge of the Jezero crater. The Margin Campaign aims to study the carbonate rocks found along the crater rim. Carbonate rocks are formed by chemical reactions between water and carbon dioxide, and they can preserve traces of organic molecules or fossils. The Margin Campaign will last about eight months (230 Martian days).

Packing up

Before heading to Jurabi Point, Perseverance examines some curved rocks at their current location. The rover uses its Mastcam-Z camera to take pictures of these rocks and its SuperCam instrument to analyze their composition and weathering.

After Jurabi Point, Perseverance will continue its journey westward, climbing up the slope of the Jezero crater. The rover will observe how the margin rocks change with elevation. The final destination of the Margin Campaign will be Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that cut through the crater wall. The rover will investigate some light-colored rocks that water could have deposited there.

Perseverance is part of the Mars 2020 mission, which aims to pave the way for human exploration of Mars in the future. The mission also includes Ingenuity, a small helicopter that has performed several flights on Mars. The samples collected by Perseverance will be returned to Earth by a future task for further analysis.

 

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