NASA's Perseverance Mars rover's initial attempt to collect rock samples a failure
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The initial attempt by NASA's Perseverance rover to collect rock samples to analyse signs of alien life turned out to be a failure. "While this is not the 'hole-in-one' we hoped for, there is always risk with breaking new ground," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for Nasa’s science mission directorate. Scientists are hopeful of understanding the Martian geology better with further progress by the rover.