NASA’s Perseverance Rover has collected a sample of Martian rock to be returned to Earth which could contain signs of life.
But don’t get too excited yet, as this particular tube won’t reach a terrestrial laboratory where it can be studied for another 10 years or so.
Last Thursday, the car-sized robot cored down into the sediment of Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, marking the first sample of its new campaign.
It has been roaming Mars to look for