Daily Mail

NASA's Perseverance FAILS to collect its first Mars samples due to the rock not reacting as expected during the coring process

NASA has been waiting six months for Perseverance to collect its inaugural Mars core samples, but the American space Agency will have to wait a little longer after the rover failed during its first ...
Daily Mail

'I've got it!' NASA confirms Perseverance rover HAS collected its first rock sample on Mars in historic step ahead of plan to return it to Earth within a decade

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected its first rock sample on Mars, marking an historic first step in a mission to return the sample to Earth later this decade. Initially scientists couldn't ...
KTHV

NASA blames Mars rover sampling fiasco on bad, powdery rock

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — NASA is blaming unusually soft rock for last week’s sampling fiasco on Mars. The Perseverance rover came up empty after attempting to collect its first core sample on the red ...
PC Magazine

Debris Stops NASA's Perseverance Rover Collecting Rock Samples

NASA's Perseverance rover called home for help after attempting to collect its latest Martian rock samples. Following a failed attempt in August, the device managed a month later to secure a core only ...
The Scottish Farmer

Nasa’s Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock sample

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BBC

Mars Perseverance: How does a rover gather rock samples?

Nasa's Mars Perseverance rover is preparing to collect another rock sample after a failed first attempt on 6 August. Perseverance landed in the Jezero crater on Mars to study the planet's landscape ...