Perseverance Rover Escapes Its Giant Martian Crater. Here’s What Happens Next
Well, look at that. Perseverancelanded on Marsin February 2021. The rover landed in Jezero Crater, which once held a large lake. A view from the Perseverance rover.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech The crater was formed by an impact event some 3.9 billion years ago. On the crater rim itself is terrain that was uplifted by the impact, Horgan said. Whats really exciting about that is that were now above the place where there was standing water....