Perseverance rover collects 2nd Mars sample (photos)

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NASA JPL: Today was a good day. The Perseverance rover successfully acquired its second sample of the Red Planet. It’s a paired sample from “Rochette,” the same rock it took its first sample from. The end-to-end sample acquisition worked in a single Martian day.