Perserverance done goof, while Curiosoty is now high above the plains. Meanwhile, China’s rover mission has been extended.
Scientists at NASA were pretty excited in early August when the Perseverance rover indicated that it had drilled its first sample of Martian rock.
But as it turned out, the sample tube was empty, and the Perseverance team began a remote investigation to solve the mystery of the disappearing rock.
NASA Details Next Steps After Mars Rover’s Attempt to Collect Rock Goes Awry
NASA’s Curiosity rover explores Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the basin of Gale Crater on Mars. (YouTube)
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Finds A Changing Landscape
China’s Zhurong rover has completed its primary three-month-long expedition on Mars but is set to continue exploring the Red Planet.
China’s Mars rover Zhurong completes primary mission, gets life extension

