Nasa Perseverance Mars rover begins key journey to find life - BBC News

Nasa's Perseverance rover has reached a big moment in its mission to find evidence of life on Mars.

The robot will begin to climb up an ancient delta feature in the crater where it landed, stopping to examine rocks that could possibly retain evidence of life.

On its way back down, Perseverance will collect some of these rocks, placing the samples at the base of the delta to be retrieved by later missions.

The goal is to bring this material back to Earth in the 2030s for detailed inspection.

The BBC’s Science editor Rebecca Morelle reports.

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[nickbrouwer]

I wish the world worked together on things like this we would be so much further ahead in science and culture if we did.

[stansb]

Respect to all Engineers, Scientists and Professionals who were involved in this Project. Godspeed to Perseverance.

[zyzzsdisciples]

It's jaw dropping to me to see the pictures of Perseverance driving across the surface of Mars. The future is so great. Don't allow cynics to get you down

[bobbybill]

The mini mars helicopter looks like it was invented by Leonardo da Vinci

[natschooler]

This is so exciting! I can’t wait to see where it leads us. What amazing innovations will come from this….the mind boggles…

[Ravenzpeak]

I painted a picture of the delta this winter. It's so amazing to get these images and new info! The best thing about 2022, to me. 🙂

[arts]

For the first time ever l am seeing crystal clear photos of Mars, because in the past we seen only few blurry images ...

[theflash]

Respect for the camera man for capturing photos of the rover on mars.

[NoNameAtAll]

Mars Guy makes amazing videos of the rover's progress and troubles

also about potato rock companion that climbed into the wheel and now travels together with Perseverence

[louisthompson]

'The Mars Surface is dry and dusty today ' made me crack up aha.

[leeathotmail]

I believe your repot has a technical error. The rover is looking for evidence of past life. Not life.

One small word, but a great deal of difference with respect to design and functionality of the rover.

[smashtv]

Some Nice shots of the Nevada Desert thanks bbc

[mattyb]

Nice to see u guys exploring parts of Antarctica that the public haven’t seen before 👌what’s next ?

[placeholdername]

I wonder why we can't just work together and discover new thing on different planets instead of invading other countries and killing millions of people

[willpalmer]

I think after 50 years of exploration they already know the answer!

[excalibur]

Are we not going to give credit to the camera man for reaching Mars too?

[timetrialist]

*1, 000, 000 ft above Mars*

Aliens: I wonder what these rovers are looking for

[who_is_dis]

That was only a year ago? Jesus, feels like several.

[proberts]

Best wishes, Percy, on the next phase of your mission. Go Go Ginny!

[manuell]

I expect it one day zooms in on a particular area of a square foot and records a war scene that looks very similar to a Worms game.