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NASA scramble team after Mars rover fails to complete key mission on Red Planet

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!NASA scientists are scrambling to find a solution after the Perseverance Mars rover failed to collect a key rock sample on its first attempt.The rover is designed to drill into the Martian surface and collect samples to test them for signs of life.Early information from NASA on Friday suggested that the drill had successfully deployed and drilled a hole, but no rock sample had been collected.This error had never been seen in tests on Earth prior to Perseverance’s launch."While this is not the 'hole-in-one' we hoped for, there is always risk with breaking new ground," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "I'm confident we have.

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