The agency’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s time to begin testing the health of the rover.
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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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Team Behind NASA’s Newest Mars Rover to Honor Persevering Students
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Middle schoolers who have pushed past obstacles to reach their academic goals will be celebrated by the mission team...
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NASA’s InSight Gets a Few Extra Weeks of Mars Science
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The mission’s team has chosen to operate its seismometer longer than previously planned, although the lander will run out...
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Could the Surface of Phobos Reveal Secrets of the Martian Past?
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The Martian moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged atoms and molecules that flow off the Red Planet’s...
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NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes Selfie With ‘Mont Mercou’
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The rover also snapped a pair of panoramas to create a 3D view of the stark cliff face featured...
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April...
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NASA’s Next Mars Rover Is Ready for the Most Precise Landing Yet
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What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Read...
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NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader
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Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL)...