When I was your age, I drove uphill both ways in the regolith!⁣ ⁣ This image was captured by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover while the spacecraft is on its ascent to the rim of Jezero Crater. ⁣ ⁣ A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover characterizes the planet’s geology and past climate, paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and is the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).⁣ ⁣ The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes #Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech⁣ ⁣ #Mars #Perseverance #Spacecraft #Rover #Mars2020 #Moon #OnTheRoadAgain #JezeroCrater #Astrobiology