60163 Tornado is to make its mainline return TODAY (7th March 2025) as it heads to Carnforth on a test run. Departing the Nene Valley…
Sealing the Deal
Written by Melissa Rice, Professor of Planetary Science at Western Washington University This week, the Perseverance team faced a stubborn engineering challenge. After successfully collecting a core called “Green Gardens” from the “Tablelands” location, the rover struggled to seal the sample tube, despite multiple attempts. This isn’t entirely unprecedented — for a previous sample called […]