{"id":19859,"date":"2021-09-02T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T19:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=19859"},"modified":"2021-09-02T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T19:31:09","slug":"nasas-newest-mars-rover-perseverance-snags-first-rock-sample-for-return-to-earthunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=19859","title":{"rendered":"Nasa\u2019s newest Mars rover Perseverance snags first rock sample for return to EarthUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostNasa\u2019s newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month\u2019s attempt came up empty.The Perseverance rover\u2019s chief engineer, Adam Steltzner, called it a perfect core sample.\u201cI\u2019ve never been more happy to see a hole in a rock,\u201d he tweeted on Thursday.A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and did not get inside the titanium tube. The rover drove half a mile to a better sampling spot to try again. Team\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3147382\/nasas-newest-mars-rover-perseverance-snags-first?utm_source=rss_feed\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostNasa\u2019s newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month\u2019s attempt came up&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19859"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}