A hole drilled in Martian rock by the Perseverance rover in its first attempt to collect a sample. Project scientists and engineers are trying to figure out why no material made it into the sample ...

The team has made good progress implementing the initial recovery steps outlined in last week’s blog. Our first success: The upper two pebbles were ejected from the bit carousel during a test. This is ...

Before laboratory assistants and researchers can analyze samples, they normally need to prepare the material. Homogenizing, dispersing, crushing, or mixing processes are usually fast. However, the ...

Shipping biological and molecular samples comes with multiple complications. Important factors to consider include leak prevention, sample integrity, legal compliance, and protection from dry ice ...

This article discusses reduced sampling and testing of starting materials or components. Different strategies are presented to reduce the workload at the steps from sampling to release. Viewpoints ...

A tube of Martian rock, stored inside Perseverance, is the first of dozens more to begin a decade-long wait for a trip to Earth A tube of Martian rock, stored inside Perseverance, is the first of ...