Perseverance Mars Rover found empty tube 233 after First Sample attempt

Well, this didn't take long! About 30 minutes ago or so I posted the attempt by "Percy" to get its first soil sample from the Jezero Crater lake bed... and this video is about what happened...

Here is the description:
On August 6, 2021 NASA’s Perseverance Rover transmitted new images from Mars showing FAILED attempt to collect First Sample on Red Planet. Rover did not collect any Martian rock during its first attempt to core a sample. The image was taken by the rover’s Sampling and Caching System Camera (known as CacheCam). About the size and shape of a standard lab test tube, these tubes are designed to contain representative samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). Perseverance's Sampling and Caching System uses a hollow coring bit and a percussive drill at the end of its 7-foot-long (2-meter-long) robotic arm to extract samples. Telemetry from the rover indicates that during its first coring attempt, the drill and bit were engaged as planned, and post-coring, the sample tube was processed as intended. But there is no Mars Sample. NASA’s engineers are finding the solution.

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU


I will continue to report as I get more information...
Kerry
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