Written by Athanasios Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University. After a long hiatus, the Perseverance rover updates page is back.
Written by Athanasios Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University.
The rover has spent 2026 exploring the “Lac de Charmes” area, an area of valleys and ridges west of the Jezero crater rim that represent a “wild west frontier” for the mission.
The Mars Perseverance rover is the first leg the Mars Sample Return Campaign’s interplanetary relay team.
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Written by Athanasios Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University.
After a long hiatus, the Perseverance rover updates page is back. A lot has happened on Mars in the meantime, and with regular updates now resuming, there is plenty to catch up on — Perseverance has been busy. The rover has spent 2026 exploring the “Lac de Charmes” area, an area of valleys and ridges west of the Jezero crater rim that represent a “wild west frontier” for the mission.
The rocks in this area are among the oldest Perseverance has encountered.
If you take a look at the rover’s place map, you’ll see that Perseverance has followed a looping path winding between interesting outcrops, helping scientists build up an understanding of how “Lac de Charmes” formed. In this time, Perseverance has created a total of 13 abrasion patches on rocks that caught the team’s attention, providing a feast of scientific data.
Perseverance’s exploration of the “Lac de Charmes” region is now nearing its end, but the discoveries haven’t stopped. Even after months of exploring Lac de Charmes, the team continues to be surprised, and with Perseverance preparing to move onward once again, there should be no shortage of new stories to share here.
The key to understanding the past, present or future potential for life on Mars can be found in NASA’s four….
The Mars Perseverance rover is the first leg the Mars Sample Return Campaign’s interplanetary relay team.
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