NASA’s next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus

NASA’s next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus


Science
Jun 17





In this image taken on May 20, 2020 at the Kennedy Space Center, engineers and technicians insert 39 sample tubes into the belly of the rover. Each tube is sheathed in a gold-colored cylindrical enclosure to protect it from contamination. Perseverance rover will carry 43 sample tubes to the Red Planet's Jezero Crater. Photo from NASA/JPL-Caltech