Exploration & Discovery
How Perseverance Hunts for Life: The Scan, Analyze, Sample Workflow Aboard NASA's Mars Rover
NASA's Perseverance rover employs a systematic scan-analyze-sample workflow to search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, using advanced instruments for landscape surveying, remote chemical analysis, close-up investigation, and caching compelling samples for potential return to Earth.
Dr. Evelyn Reed·October 18, 2026
