Perseverance

Since it landed on Mars in February 2021, the rover Perseverance has been exploring Jezero Crater, a 50-kilometer-wide impact feature. The mission’s purpose is to look for evidence that Mars once had or maybe still…

When Corrine Rojas comes into work, Mars is waiting for her. She drives to the office, grabs a cup of coffee, and then pulls up the latest dispatches from Perseverance, a car-size NASA rover situated inside a crater in Mars’s northern…

Most everyone remembers when Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) activated the alien reactor and the skies of Mars filled with breathable air. Admittedly, when I first watched Total Recall, I didn’t find this plot idea to be too…

The Ingenuity helicopter's first flight on Mars has been delayed, but NASA's Red Planet teams are staying busy with the larger Perseverance mission.The car-sized Perseverance rover has an ambitious agenda during its two-year primary…

The Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this picture of the Martian horizon Tuesday, March 30. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSScientists have confirmed the first zoomable camera on Mars is in top-top shape since arriving…

Perseverance's laser hasn't yet penetrated the mystery of a strange Martian rock near the rover's new digs.NASA's rover is waiting for its companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, to make the first-ever powered flight on another planet.…

When NASA's Mars Curiosity rover landed on Mars back in 2012, it was far bigger than any other rover that had come before it. The difference was especially obvious in the spacecraft's wheels, which looked like monster truck tires…

When NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars last week, aerospace engineer Diana Trujillo, who is a flight director on the mission, said in an interview with CBS News that it took her some time to process that it had…

A view of the Perseverance rover captured by a camera on its rocket-powered backpack as the robot was lowered to the surface of Jezero Crater. The rover was about six feet off the ground when this photo was taken. Image:…

Nasa scientists have said the Perseverance Mars rover is “healthy” and is beaming back many stunning new images from the surface of the planet, promising significant scientific discoveries ahead.At a celebratory press conference on…