NASA to share detail of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding

Experts discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover last year. The sample, called “Sapphire Canyon,” was collected in July 2024 from a set of rocky outcrops on the edges of Neretva Vallis, a river valley carved by water rushing into Jezero Crater long ago.

Participants in the news conference include:
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy
NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya
Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Lindsay Hays, senior scientist for Mars Exploration, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Joel Hurowitz, planetary scientist, Stony Brook University, New York