Experts discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover last year. The sample, called “Sapphire Canyon,” was collected in July 2024 from a set of rocky outcrops on the edges of Neretva Vallis, a river valley carved by water rushing into Jezero Crater long ago.
Participants in the news conference include: - Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy - NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Lindsay Hays, senior scientist for Mars Exploration, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters - Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance project scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Joel Hurowitz, planetary scientist, Stony Brook University, New York
