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Can NASA Deliver on Perseverance’s Promise to Reveal Life on Mars?

Can NASA Deliver on Perseverance’s Promise to Reveal Life on Mars?

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has gathered groundbreaking Mars samples, but the mission to bring them home is facing serious challenges.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent nearly five years roaming the
Martian surface in search of clues to ancient life. But the
ambitious plan to return its precious rock samples to Earth is now
on shaky ground. Scientific American senior desk editor Lee
Billings joins us to unpack the rover’s mission, the stakes of the
stalled return effort and the effects it will have on the future of
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