A systematic survey of 161 known and postulated minerals originating on Mars points to 20
different mineral‐forming processes (paragenetic modes), which are a subset of formation …

The first samples collected by the Mars 2020 mission represent units exposed on the Jezero
Crater floor, from the potentially oldest Séítah formation outcrops to the potentially youngest …

This review describes the principles and summarizes the challenges of analytical methods
based on optical emission spectroscopy (OES) in space applications, with a particular focus …

Collocated crystal sizes and mineral identities are critical for interpreting textural
relationships in rocks and testing geological hypotheses, but it has been previously …

Perseverance's Mastcam-Z instrument provides high-resolution stereo and multispectral
images with a unique combination of spatial resolution, spatial coverage, and wavelength …

The NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission has collected samples of rock, regolith,
and atmosphere within the Noachian-aged Jezero Crater, once the site of a delta-lake …

Sedimentary fans are key targets of exploration on Mars because they record the history of
surface aqueous activity and habitability. The sedimentary fan extending from the Neretva …

Perseverance explored two geological units on the floor of Jezero Crater over the first 420
Martian days of the Mars2020 mission. These units, the Máaz and Séítah formations, are …

A major objective of the Mars 2020 mission is to sample rocks in Jezero crater that may
preserve organic matter for later return to Earth. Using an ultraviolet Raman and …

Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on 18 February 2021.
After a 100‐sol period of commissioning and the Ingenuity Helicopter technology …