"NASA's Perseverance Rover Faces Technical Challenges on Mars"

NASA's Perseverance rover is facing issues with its SHERLOC instrument, which may prevent it from using its laser to zap rocks due to a malfunctioning dust cover. Engineers are working to resolve the problem, but if unsuccessful, the rover has other instruments like WATSON, SuperCam, and PIXL that can still perform spectroscopy. This comes as the Mars helicopter Ingenuity sustained rotor damage and was retired, while Perseverance celebrates its 1000th Martian day, well past its initial mission expectancy.