Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars

Bosak, Tanja; L. Shuster, David; L. Scheller, Eva; Siljeström, Sandra; Zawaski, Mike; Mandon, Lucia; I. Simon, Justin; P. Weiss, B.; M. Stack, K.; N. Mansbach, Elias; H. Treiman, A.; C. Benison, Kathleen; J. Brown, A.; D. Czaja, Andrew; A. Farley, Kenneth; M. Hausrath, Elisabeth; Hickman‐Lewis, Keyron; D. K. Herd, C.; R. Johnson, J.; E. Mayhew, L.; E. Minitti, M.; H. Williford, Kenneth; Wogsland, Brittan; Zorzano, María‐Paz; C. Allwood, Abigail; E. F. Amundsen, H.; F. Bell, J.; Benzerara, Karim; Bernard, Sylvain; Beyssac, Olivier; Buckner, Denise; L. Cable, Morgan; J. Calef, F.; Caravaca, Gwénaël; C. Catling, David; Clavé, Elise; A. Cloutis, E.; A. Cohen, B.; Cousin, A.; Dehouck, E.; González Fairén, Alberto; Flannery, David; Fornaro, Teresa; Forni, O.; Fouchet, Thierry; Gibbons, Erin; Gómez, Felipe; Gupta, Sanjeev; P. Hand, K.; A. Hurowitz, J.; Kalucha, H.; A. K. Pedersen, David; Lopes‐Reyes, G.; N. Maki, J.; Maurice, S.; I. Núñez, Jorge; Randazzo, Nicolas; W. Rice, J.; Royer, Clément; A. Sephton, Mark; Sharma, Sunanda; Steele, A.; Tate, Christian; Uckert, Kyle; Udry, Arya; C. Wiens, R.; J. Williams, Amy

doi:10.1029/2024av001241

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Astrobiological Potential of Rocks Acquired by the Perseverance Rover at a Sedimentary Fan Front in Jezero Crater, Mars

Published in AGU Advances • Aug 1, 2024

Authors:

Tanja Bosak

David L. Shuster

Eva L. Scheller

Abstract

Abstract The Perseverance rover has collected seven oriented samples of sedimentary rocks, all likely older than the oldest signs of widespread life on Earth, at the exposed base of the western fan in Jezero crater, Mars. The samples include a sulfate‐ and clay‐bearing mudstone and sandstone, a fluv...

Subject

Mars Exploration Program

Impact crater

Geology

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