Instruments tailored to collect data during the descent of NASA’s next rover through the Red Planet’s atmosphere have been checked in flight.
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Images From NASA’s Perseverance May Show Record of Wild Martian River
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Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars....
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You Can Help Train NASA’s Rovers to Better Explore Mars
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Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken...
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NASA, Partner Establish New Research Group for Mars Sample Return Program
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Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flies Again After Unscheduled Landing
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The helicopter performed a short hop to help the team better understand why its previous flight was...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape
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A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity’s location on a Martian...
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NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter
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One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on...
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Honors Navajo Language
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Working with the Navajo Nation, the rover team has named features on Mars with words from the Navajo language....
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen From Red Planet
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The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument achieved by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, points the way to future human...