What is Perseverance (rover)?
[[File:Perseverance selfie Sol 46.jpg|thumb|208x208px|A selfie showcasing the rover, and the helicopter, Ingenuity.]] '''Perseverance''' is a [[Rover (space exploration)|Mars rover]] launched July 30, 2020. It arrived in the [[Jezero Crater]] on Mars February 18, 2021. On the same day, it captured its first picture of Mars. The rover carried, among other things, [[Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment|an oxygen generator]], 17 different [[cameras]] and the first ever [[helicopter]] to be flown on Mars, ''[[Ingenuity (helicopter)|Ingenuity]]''. In April 2021, the oxygen generator in the ''Perseverance'' created [[oxygen]] from [[carbon dioxide]] in the [[Atmosphere of Mars|Martian atmosphere]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Potter|first=Sean|date=2021-04-21|title=NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet|url=http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-mars-rover-extracts-first-oxygen-from-red-planet|access-date=2021-04-22|website=NASA|archive-date=2021-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422000817/http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-mars-rover-extracts-first-oxygen-from-red-planet/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 6, 2021, the first sample-collection experiment was attempted, and failed. The drill hole was successful, but later data revealed that the rock had crumbled, leaving no core to collect. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Jandura|first=Louise|date=2021-08-11|title=Assessing Perseverance's First Sample Attempt|url=https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/320/assessing-perseverances-first-sample-attempt/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=NASA|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{2021 in space}} {{Mars spacecraft}} {{stub}} [[Category:July 2020 events]] [[Category:Planetary rovers]] [[Category:2020s in spaceflight]]