In a remarkable feat, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished what the space agency has dubbed as “the first interplanetary depositary made by humans”. Within just six weeks, 10 titanium tubes filled with collected rock and dust specimens from Mars were placed in a designated spot on the planet. These samples may have the potential to be retrieved by a future NASA mission and brought back to Earth for further analysis. The depositary is not a physical structure, but rather a designated area chosen by NASA to preserve the samples. For related coverage, see nasa curiosity hits 5,000 mars days … Continue reading NASA’s Perseverance Rover Achieves Remarkable Feat on Mars