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\nA light-colored \u201cpaver stone,\u201d like the ones seen in this mosaic image, will be the likely target for first sampling by the Perseverance rover. This image was taken July 8, 2021, in the \u201cCratered Floor Fractured Rough\u201d geologic unit at Jezero Crater.
\nCredits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/ASU\/MSSS<\/p>\n

This important mission milestone is expected to begin within the next two weeks. Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater Feb. 18, and NASA kicked off the rover mission\u2019s science phase June 1, exploring a 1.5-square-mile (4-square-kilometer) patch of crater floor that may contain Jezero\u2019s deepest and most ancient layers of exposed bedrock.<\/p>\n

Karen Fox \/ Alana Johnson
\nNASA Headquarters, Washington
\n301-286-6284 \/ 202-358-1501<\/p>\n

DC Agle
\nJet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
\n818-393-9011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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