The rover has now reached Jurabi Point, where three rock units appear to intersect: the Upper Fan sedimentary rocks, the Boulder-rich Unit, and the Margin Unit. After possibly collecting one more sample here, #Perseverance will conclude its Upper Fan Campaign.

What lies ahead? the Jezero Crater Margin Campaign, lasting from Fall 2023 to Spring 2024. It's that rocky area, the north part of which #Ingenuity was sent to scout on #Flight64

#MEPAG40 : https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2023/presentations/1400_Stack.pdf

#Mars2020 #Solarocks

New location for #Perseverance on Sol 926, after a 106m drive to the north: RMC 45.0760.

The faint cyan dashed line is my previously estimated route around sand ripples and rocks, based on a indicative route from a #Mars2020 team presentation at #MEPAG40.

#Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #QGIS #USGS #HiRISE #MMGIS

Draft for the future of Mars exploration, from the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (#MEPAG40) Meeting.

Presentation by Eric Ianson, Director, Mars Exploration Program: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2023/presentations/0955_Ianson.pdf

The image shows what the future of Mars exploration looks like today:

#NASA #ESA #Mars #Solarocks #Space

@PaulHammond51 sends word (relaying Phil Stooke on UMSF, http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?showtopic=8706&view=findpost&p=260902) that the MEPAG 40 (April 11-12, 2023) presentations have been published:
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2023/?session_no=101

Katie Stack Morgan's (#Mars2020 Deputy Project Scientist) presentation includes a number of new topographic names, along with a refined mission plan and possible routes: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/mepagapril2023/presentations/1400_Stack.pdf

Here is what #Perseverance's future now looks like,:

#MEPAG40 #NASA #Solarocks #Space