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The NASA Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s mission – backed by the UK government – is to explore and collect samples for future return to Earth from diverse ancient environments on Mars. Supported by over £400,000 in funds from the UK Space Agency, researchers at Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum will help to decide which samples are sent to Earth in a search for evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. The research destination is Jezero crater, a 28-mile-wide depression containing sediments of an ancient river delta. At this location, evidence of past life could be preserved. The Perseverance rover will gather samples of Martian rocks and soil using its drill. The rover will then store the sample cores in tubes on the Martian surface ready for a return mission to bring around 30 samples to Earth in the early 2030s.

United kingdomCity ofMark sephtonAmanda sollowayKeyron hickman lewisSanjeev guptaCaroline smithRosalind franklinUnited kingdom space agencyHead of the department earth scienceImperial college londonEuropean space agency exomarsNatural history museumUnited kingdom space agency auroraProfessor sanjeev guptaProfessor mark sephton