World News Headlines March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 NASA’s Perseverance rover peered into a Mars rock named ‘Sid’ 0 0000 0 0 more NASA’s Perseverance rover peered into a Mars rock named ‘Sid’ March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found March 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling NASA’s Perseverance rover peered into a Mars rock named ‘Sid’ Just another rocky day on the Red Planet for NASA. A new batch of photos from the space agency’s Perseverance rover introduces us to “Sid,” the latest Mars rock that’s been selected for sampling as part of NASA’s mission to learn more about the planet and its geological history. The rover’s date with Sid marks something of a milestone, as it’s likely to be the last sample collected before Perseverance moves on to a new, previously unvisited location. “I took out my abrasion tool again, for a look inside my next rock target,” a tweet from NASA, written (as per usual) in the voice of the rover, reads. “Mars is starkly beautiful on its surface, and even more interesting underneath.” Tweet may have been deleted Sid sits inside the Jezero Crater, the location on Mars where Perseverance landed in February 2021. It’s one of a type of Mars rock that NASA has dubbed “Ch’ał,” which is the Navajo word for “frog” (it’s pronounced “chesh”). These Ch’ał rocks are found in a particular area of the crater — which is believed to have once housed a body of water — that NASA calls “Santa Cruz.” And that location that is scientifically significant because it may be a remnant of Jezero’s western delta, which is the next stop on the rover’s journey. Sid is an example of “a higher standing boulder that possibly represents a unique geologic chapter in the crater floor history that we have not yet sampled,” Purdue University student collaborator Brad Garczynski wrote for NASA. He added Sid was settled on as the rock of choice after “weeks of discussion” between the science team and rover planners. The circular pattern you see in the image was created by the tools Perseverance uses to investigate Mars rocks. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech In the past, NASA has characterized rovers like Perseverance as “robot geologists.” When it comes to the study of rocks, the rover uses a built-in abrasion tool to create the circular pattern you see in the above image. That’s important to the research process because the exterior of any given Mars rock is impacted by the surrounding environment on a daily basis. The goal here is to investigate the planet’s geological history, and there may be clues to that history hidden beneath any given Mars rock’s dusty exterior. SEE ALSO: Huge, mysterious blast detected in deep space A little-known U.S. spaceport shoots into the big rocket scene A rocket will crash into the moon. It’ll leave way more than a scar. In an astounding space scene, two galaxies pummeled through each other Extremely wild planet hosts metal clouds and raining gems Related No related posts. tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Dying in 'Elden Ring' is actually the funniest thing in the world next Russia's second-largest internet provider cuts off Russian websites
