NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has stumbled into an issue during its first sampling attempt. NASA'S PERSEVERANCE MARS ROVER READIES TO BEGIN SAMPLING PROCESS"#SamplingMars is one of my most complicated tasks. In a release from the agency, the Southern California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) which leads the mission wrote that data sent back to Earth after Perseverance's first rock sampling attempt indicated "no rock was collected." "I'm confident we have the right team working this, and we will persevere toward a solution to ensure future success." "One of the steps that occurs after placing a probe into the collection tube is to measure the volume of the sample," Perseverance surface mission manager Jessica Samuels explained further.

Source: Fox News August 07, 2021 19:30 UTC