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On Sol 579 (October 6, 2022), Perseverance collected a sedimentary sample named “Mageik,” the mission’s 14th rock core, from the Amalik outcrop in the Enchanted Lake region at the base of the Jezero delta. Following collection of the Mageik sample, the rover processed a “witness tube.”
- Flight number: 34
- Date of flight: NET Nov. 10
- Flight duration: 18.6 seconds
- Horizontal flight distance: 0 feet (0 meters)
- Flight speed (horizontal): 0.0 fps (0.0 mps)
- Flight altitude: 16 feet (5 meters)
- Flight goal: test flight – hover only
The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars.
The latest findings provide greater detail on a region of the Red Planet that has a watery past and is yielding promising samples for the NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return campaign.
