On June 1, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by leaving the “Octavia E. Butler” landing site. During the first few weeks of this first science campaign, the ...

No lithobraking here: NASA's brave little Mars helicopter is flying high. So well, in fact, that NASA has further extended its mission. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a ...

A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA ...

'It's quite remarkable actually that there is a route that we can drive up with the rover.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The six-wheeled scientist encountered the crater during its latest science campaign in search of rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard ...

Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were ...

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...

The 152 images that make up this mosaic of Belva Crater were taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April 22, 2023, the 772nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.