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Perseverance rover is ready to unlock the history of Mars
CNN
For the last month, the Perseverance rover has documented the Ingenuity helicopter flights on Mars and spied some intriguing rocks to study. Now, the rover is gearing up to conduct its primary mission: searching for signs of ancient life on Mars.
Now, Perseverance is gearing up to conduct its primary mission: studying Jezero Crater and searching for signs of ancient life on Mars. About 3.9 billion years ago, the crater was filled with a lake that was fed by a river delta. Now, rocks strewn across the dry lake bed could help scientists reconstruct the history of this area on Mars and determine whether life ever existed there.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250206034049.jpg)
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