<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql ii04i59q kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">hi all,</font></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">it is almost 2 in the morning…I want to share the events of tomorrow with regard to the Inspiration4 Launch. Inspiration4 will be the first <span jsaction="click:sKUsF" role="tooltip" tabindex="0" style="outline: 0px;" class=""><span jsname="d6wfac" class="povykd" data-enable-toggle-animation="true" data-extra-container-classes="ZLo7Eb" data-hover-hide-delay="1000" data-hover-open-delay="500" data-send-open-event="true" data-theme="0" data-width="250" role="button" tabindex="0" jsaction="vQLyHf" jsslot="" data-ved="2ahUKEwjkqsqpo4DzAhUvRzABHUuMBYQQmpgGegQIBxAD" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; display: inline-block;"><span jsname="ukx3I" class="JPfdse" data-bubble-link="" data-segment-text="human spaceflight" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(112, 117, 122); border-bottom-style: dashed;">human spaceflight</span></span> to orbit Earth with only private citizens on board. Promoting and raising money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the mission aims to promote four values: <b class="">leadership, hope, generosity, and prosperity</b>. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> The mission is </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); white-space: normal;" class="">a multimillion-dollar fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Hospital</b><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: rgb(32, 33, 36); white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> and — like a lot of recent flights to space these days — an effort to convince those watching from the ground that space won't be always be exclusive to government officials and the ultra-wealthy. </span><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The crew isn’t docking with the ISS. Instead, the 26-foot-high </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: normal;" class="">Dragon</em><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> capsule will shoot 80 miles above it in orbit, circling the Earth at an altitude of 360 miles (580 kilometers). After three days aloft, the crew will return to Earth, splashing down in the waters off the Florida coast.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" class="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Gill Sans",sans-serif" class="">W<span style="background-color: white;" class="">e have to stay positive and always be thankful…</span> remembering to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to heart) …hugs… STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.5px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Cool links…I will watch live from the river near the Space Center</span><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">…</span></font>
</div><div dir="auto" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><h3 class="mh-posts-large-title" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; white-space: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/09/13/first-all-civilian-flight-to-orbit-blazes-new-trail-for-charity-with-this-weeks-spacex-launch/" title="All-civilian flight to orbit blazes new trail for charity with this week’s SpaceX launch" rel="bookmark" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class=""><font size="5" class="">All-civilian flight to orbit blazes new trail for charity with this week’s SpaceX launch</font></a></h3><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><div class="mh-posts-large-thumb" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/09/13/first-all-civilian-flight-to-orbit-blazes-new-trail-for-charity-with-this-weeks-spacex-launch/" title="All-civilian flight to orbit blazes new trail for charity with this week’s SpaceX launch" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img data-lazy-type="image" data-lazy-src="https://mk0spaceflightnoa02a.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51307180163_57b88b31af_k-678x381.jpg" class="wp-post-image size-mh-magazine-content lazy-loaded attachment-mh-magazine-content lazy" alt="" loading="lazy" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="453B9787-2AD5-4527-BB70-8B90A4EBB3B9" src="cid:AEBC87D1-6B49-4D41-AD3C-7B3AA1A3B229"></a></div><div class="mh-posts-large-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;"><header class="mh-posts-large-header" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 class="mh-posts-large-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 2rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class=""></h3><div class="mh-meta mh-posts-large-meta" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(151, 151, 151);"><span class="mh-meta-date updated" style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-clock-o" style="margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span>September 13, 2021</span></div></header><div class="mh-posts-large-excerpt clearfix" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="mh-excerpt" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">An all-civilian, non-astronaut crew, including a childhood cancer survivor, is ready for blastoff this week on a history-making SpaceX flight. Launch is scheduled for Wednesday evening for the first fully commercial, non-government flight to orbit, a charity-driven mission proponents say will open the door for “everyday people” to fly in space.</font></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting Wednesday, September 15 for launch of Dragon’s first all-civilian human spaceflight. The 5-hour launch window opens at 8:02 p.m. EDT</font></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" class=""><font color="#050505" face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://time.com/6083963/inspiration4-mission/" class="">https://time.com/6083963/inspiration4-mission/</a></span></font></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5);"><div dir="auto" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Learn more about Inspiration4 at <a class="esr5mh6w nhd2j8a9 kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 p7hjln8o r7d6kgcz rq0escxv f1sip0of e9989ue4 oygrvhab qu0x051f i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr py34i1dx gpro0wi8 a8nywdso lzcic4wl nc684nl6 jb3vyjys hcukyx3x oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1" href="https://inspiration4.com/?fbclid=IwAR0whV1-eQWZ0YAcZ-6aQz70SkQP26_ZiUNFyjj0-aSLgAOWmp5Cq6ttk8Q" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank" style="color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; list-style: none; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; text-align: inherit; display: inline; box-sizing: border-box;">https://inspiration4.com/</a></font></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab ii04i59q o9v6fnle c1et5uql hcukyx3x" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Image Credit: SpaceX</font></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><a class="esr5mh6w nhd2j8a9 kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 p7hjln8o r7d6kgcz rq0escxv f1sip0of e9989ue4 oygrvhab qu0x051f i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw a8nywdso lzcic4wl nc684nl6 jb3vyjys hcukyx3x oajrlxb2 q66pz984 g5ia77u1" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/inspiration4?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVJqm_zPr4iWwRyj1o-UhbHaik0baSt3ksMAJnotAGo0efVEvTCbkTMb0K9z2fP-2uinDO6SpMz2J2O5vXoXnp8x5AdJLRdDzVnSTFP3XF8jCjYVl2YLdF7yy5aIm8eh9Y8oH3ZcydxYkry5M8YaUUebORmgkUQ9w5nKCaY_XerTwDv_2aK72_VIjP5c8NuKR6te7fDUPPDdVaKNPTFgooQ&__tn__=*NK-y-R" role="link" tabindex="0" style="color: var(--accent); 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font-size: inherit; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"></span>September 13, 2021</span></div></header><div class="mh-posts-large-excerpt clearfix" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="mh-excerpt" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">An all-civilian, non-astronaut crew, including a childhood cancer survivor, is ready for blastoff this week on a history-making SpaceX flight. Launch is scheduled for Wednesday evening for the first fully commercial, non-government flight to orbit, a charity-driven mission proponents say will open the door for “everyday people” to fly in space.</div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><font color="#050505" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="auto" class=""><font color="#050505" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="auto" class=""><font color="#050505" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div dir="auto" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="5" class="">NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ History</font></b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><table align="center" width="687" cellpadding="1" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(190, 191, 185); vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 708px; font-size: 0.923em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><tr style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(230, 230, 230); vertical-align: middle; font-size: 14px;" class=""><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-pia24840_main_samuels_5_hazcam_flf_0196_0684353735_668cws_n0070000fhaz02008_0a00llj01-stretched.png" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/1-pia24840_main_samuels_5_hazcam_flf_0196_0684353735_668cws_n0070000fhaz02008_0a00llj01-stretched.png" width="687px" height="auto" alt="The rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples, seen with two holes drilled in it." title="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples. The rover drilled the hole on the left, called “Montagnac,” Sept. 7, and the hole on the right, known as “Montdenier,” Sept. 1. Below it is a round spot the rover abraded.</div><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div class="credits" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech</div></i></b><div class="link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover successfully collected its first pair of rock samples, and scientists already are gaining new insights into the region. After collecting its <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9029/nasas-perseverance-rover-collects-first-mars-rock-sample/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">first sample</a>, named “Montdenier,” Sept. 6, the team collected a second, “Montagnac,” from the same rock Sept. 8.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Analysis of the rocks from which the Montdenier and Montagnac samples were taken and from the rover’s <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9007/nasas-perseverance-team-assessing-first-mars-sampling-attempt/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">previous sampling attempt</a> may help the science team piece together the timeline of the area’s past, which was marked by volcanic activity and periods of persistent water.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">“It looks like our first rocks reveal a potentially habitable sustained environment,” said Ken Farley of Caltech, project scientist for the mission, which is led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. “It’s a big deal that the water was there a long time.”</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The rock that provided the mission’s first core samples is basaltic in composition and may be the product of lava flows. The presence of crystalline minerals in volcanic rocks is especially helpful in radiometric dating. The volcanic origin of the rock could help scientists accurately date when it formed. Each sample can serve as part of a larger chronological puzzle; put them in the right order, and scientists have a timeline of the most important events in the crater’s history. Some of those events include the formation of Jezero Crater, the emergence and disappearance of Jezero’s lake, and changes to the planet’s climate in the ancient past.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">What’s more, salts have been spied within these rocks. These salts may have formed when groundwater flowed through and altered the original minerals in the rock, or more likely when liquid water evaporated, leaving the salts. The salt minerals in these first two rock cores may also have trapped tiny bubbles of ancient Martian water. If present, they could serve as microscopic time capsules, offering clues about the ancient climate and habitability of Mars. Salt minerals are also well-known on Earth for their ability to preserve signs of ancient life.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The Perseverance science team already knew a lake once filled the crater; for how long has been more uncertain. The scientists couldn’t dismiss the possibility that Jezero’s lake was a “flash in the pan”: floodwaters could have rapidly filled the impact crater and dried up in the space of 50 years, for example.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">But the level of alteration that scientists see in the rock that provided the core samples – as well as in the rock the team targeted on their first sample-acquisition attempt – suggests that groundwater was present for a long time.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">This groundwater could have been related to the lake that was once in Jezero, or it could have traveled through the rocks long after the lake had dried up. Though scientists still can’t say whether any of the water that altered these rocks was present for tens of thousands or for millions of years, they feel more certain that it was there for long enough to make the area more welcoming to microscopic life in the past.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">“These samples have high value for future laboratory analysis back on Earth,” said Mitch Schulte of NASA Headquarters, the mission’s program scientist. “One day, we may be able to work out the sequence and timing of the environmental conditions that this rock’s minerals represent. This will help answer the big-picture science question of the history and stability of liquid water on Mars.”</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Next Stop, ‘South Séítah’</strong></p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Perseverance is currently searching the crater floor for samples that can be brought back to Earth to answer profound questions about Mars’ history. Promising samples are sealed in titanium tubes the rover carries in its chassis, where they’ll be stored until Perseverance drops them to be retrieved by a future mission. Perseverance will likely create multiple “depots” later in the mission, where it will drop off samples for a future mission to bring to Earth. Having one or more depots increases the likelihood that especially valuable samples will be accessible for retrieval to Earth.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Perseverance’s next likely sample site is just 656 feet (200 meters) away in “South Séítah,” a series of ridges covered by sand dunes, boulders, and rock shards that Farley likens to “broken dinner plates.”</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The rover’s recent drill sample represents what is likely one of the youngest rock layers that can be found on Jezero Crater’s floor. South Séítah, on the other hand, is likely older, and will provide the science team a better timeline to understand events that shaped the crater floor, including its lake.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">By the start of October, all Mars missions will be standing down from commanding their spacecraft for several weeks, a protective measure during a period called <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/whats-mars-solar-conjunction-and-why-does-it-matter" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">Mars solar conjunction</a>. Perseverance isn’t likely to drill in South Séítah until sometime after that period.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div></body></html>