rover
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He cites the 2024 finding on Mars by the Perseverance rover of “a biosignature of heavy-metal reduction by alien microbes, possibly the most incredible discovery of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
As the rover pulled its arm back after drilling, the entire rock unexpectedly lifted out of the Martian surface.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
In a dried-up riverbed, there’s a rock with a freshly drilled hole in it—the handiwork of NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
NASA's Perseverance rover has already collected a bunch of rocks for such a mission, called Mars Sample Return.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
"You should see what I did to the rover," Watney radioed back.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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