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First Sample of Martian Dirt Collected by Perseverance Rover

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The Perseverance rover from NASA has taken its first sample of Martian soil while it is currently investigating the Jezero Crater on Mars. Up until this point, the rover had only been gathering rock samples, but this month it began gathering regolith, or soil from the planet's surface. Future missions are planned to gather these samples and return them to Earth for analysis. Designing instruments and equipment for upcoming Mars explorations depends heavily on studying this dusty material. Iona Tirona of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory stated in a statement, "Everything we learn about the size, shape, and chemical of regolith grains helps us create and test better equipment for future missions." The enormous amount of dust on Mars is one of the challenges in developing equipment for the planet. Large dust storms occur frequently on Mars, and this dust can enter machinery and wear out components and gum up parts. Designers need to know more about the makeup of this dust, which they can discover by looking at the regolith, in order to comprehend how to filter out the dust. [caption id="attachment_70966" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]First Sample Of Soil nasa[/caption] The Perseverance team member Erin Gibbons said, "If we have a more permanent presence on Mars, we need to know how the dust and regolith will interact with our spacecraft and housing." Additionally, the dust might be hazardous to people. Some of those dust particles might even be as small as cigarette smoke, and they might enter an astronaut's breathing system. We want a more complete understanding of the substances that could hurt our robot or human explorers. Regolith appears to be composed of a diverse range of distinct particles, which is another reason why it should be studied for scientific purposes. It is possible to learn more about the history of Mars and how rocks have been eroded through time by examining the various types and quantities of these particles. One of the Perseverance sample return scientists, Libby Hausrath, stated of Martian regolith, "There are so many different things packed throughout it. Every sample embodies a whole history of the planet's surface.

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