NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has begun its first science campaign

The robot will start scraping away at flat white stones that litter the crater floor

image of Perseverance rover's robotic arm

NASA’s Perseverance rover reaches its robotic arm out to examine flat, light rocks dubbed “paver stones” (pictured) in Jezero Crater on Mars on July 10. This is the rover’s first sampling location.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars has seen its future, and it’s full of rocks.