NASA Rover Lands on Mars More NASA|JPL-Caltech This is the first image NASA’s Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. After a seven-month, 300-million-mile journey, a NASA rover on Thursday successfully landed on the red planet, whe...
NASA rover captures images of mysterious "mother-of-pearl" clouds above MarsBy Kerry Breen Kerry Breen Updated on: February 12, 2025 / 2:06 PM EST / CBS News Extended clip: NASA astronaut Suni Williams NASA astronaut Suni Williams reacts to spacewalk record, extended stay in orbit and ...
NASA Rover Snaps Pictures of Mars Crater
The Mars 2020 rover is NASA's next mission in theirMars Exploration Program(MEP) which has already accomplished so much. It'll be looking for evidence of habitability in Mars' ancient past. It'll also be looking for evidence of past microbial life. In a first, it'll also collect samples...
NASA’s Mars science rover Curiosity performed a daredevil descent through pink Martian skies late on Sunday to clinch an historic landing inside an ancient crater, …
In this illustration, NASA’s Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Perseverance’s SuperCam is analyzing mysterious purple coatings on Martian rocks in Jezero Crater to determine if they formed from ancient water interactions or dust accumulation...
to go to sites that were ruled too risky for Curiosity to explore,” said Al Chen of JPL, the Mars 2020 entry, descent and landing lead. “The range trigger lets us land closer to areas of scientific interest, shaving miles — potentially as much as a year — off a rover’s journey...
NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim The Perseverance rover will begin the Crater Rim Campaign on Aug. 19. August 15, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Transportation Sec. Duffy delivers remarks at APTA legislative conference Live Karen Read...
NASA's Perseverance rover exploring the Martian desert. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS Mars once gushed with water. The Red Planet, long ago callously stripped of its insulating atmosphere, is today 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth. But deep, roaring rivers used to ...
First, the rover will go through a “checkout” period. Related articleThe long road to returning first-ever samples from Mars Perseverance will capture images of its surroundings and send them back, unfold its “head” and take more pictures while going through some health checkups with enginee...