{"id":395584,"date":"2022-01-18T00:02:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-runs-into-another-snag-pebbles\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T00:02:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:02:43","slug":"nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-runs-into-another-snag-pebbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-runs-into-another-snag-pebbles\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars rover runs into another snag: pebbles<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA\u2019s\u00a0Perseverance\u00a0Mars\u00a0rover\u00a0has run into another snag on its mission to find evidence of\u00a0ancient microbial life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In continuing to collect Martian rock and regolith samples, which will eventually return to Earth, the rover encountered a \u201cnew challenge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeems some pebble-sized debris is obstructing my robotic arm from handing off the tube for sealing\/storage,\u201d the Perseverance team\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAPersevere\/status\/1479611931510013952\">tweeted earlier this month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, NASA\u2019s Mars 2020 mission team says it has a plan to deal with the obstruction from the rover\u2019s bit carousel: operational sequences developed and tested over the previous weekend and last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith terrestrial experimentation complete, we have begun executing our mitigation strategy on Mars,\u201d Jennifer Trosper, the project manager at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mars2020\/mission\/status\/357\/pebbles-before-mountains\/\">wrote Friday<\/a>. \u201cOn Jan. 12 we did a detailed image survey of the ground below Perseverance. This was done so we would have a good idea what rocks and pebbles already exist down there before some more \u2013 from our bit carousel \u2013 join them in the not-so-distant future. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>With the imaging, the team embarked on a maneuver with the robotic arm she \u201cnever imagined we would perform \u2013 ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The contents of its latest cored-rock sample \u2013 the sixth rock core \u2013 will be returned to the surface of Mars in what Trosper called a \u201cfairly straightforward process.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team sent commands up to the rover\u2019s robotic arm on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rover-surface.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A photo taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover.\" class=\"wp-image-20864641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rover-surface.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rover-surface.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rover-surface.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A photo taken by NASA\u2019s Perseverance Mars Rover.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@NASAPersevere\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI imagine your next question is, \u2018Why are you dumping out the contents of the sample tube?\u2019 The answer is that, at present, we are not certain how much cored rock continues to reside in Tube 261. And while this rock will never make my holiday card list, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> team really seems to like it. So if our plans go well with our pebble mitigation (see below), we may very well attempt to core \u2018Issole\u2019 (the rock from which this sample was taken) again,\u201d she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further commands were to be sent Friday to order the rover to do two rotation tests of the bit carousel that will execute this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mars_perseverance-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Mars Perseverance Rover.\" class=\"wp-image-20864642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mars_perseverance-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mars_perseverance-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/mars_perseverance-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Mars Perseverance Rover team has had to overcome pebble-sized debris in its robotic arm. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur expectations are that these rotations \u2013 and any subsequent pebble movement \u2013 will help guide our team, providing them the necessary information on how to proceed. Still, to be thorough, we are also commanding the rover to take a second set of under-chassis images, just in case one or more pebbles h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to pop free,\u201d Trosper continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said the team expects the imagery and data from the two tests to be sent to Earth by Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Perseverance team is exploring every facet of the issue to ensure that we not only get rid of this rocky debris but also prevent a similar reoccurrence during future sampling. Essentially, we are leaving no rock unturned in the pursuit of these four pebbles,\u201d Trosper concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Perseverance also ran into an issue during its first sampling attempt\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-runs-into-puzzling-sampling-conundrum\">in August<\/a>.\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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