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Andrew Jones

Perseverance Mars rover team revives life-hunting instrument after 6 months of effort

A mars rover's robotic arm investigates a bright, dusty rock on the red planet.

A key Perseverance rover instrument has been revived to continue its search for evidence of microbial life on Mars.

The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument mounted on Perseverance’s robotic arm had been out of action for around six months, due to a moveable protective lens cover not working properly because of dust.

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