For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and study the planet’s mysterious moons.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Intriguing Martian Bedrock
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Exploring a sediment-rich location in this Mars delta offers tantalizing opportunities for the six-wheeler’s science team. Read...
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My Favorite Martian Image: Jezero Crater’s ‘Delta Scarp’
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A Perseverance rover scientist’s favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and...
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Sensors Prepare to Collect Data as Perseverance Enters Mars’ Atmosphere
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Technology will collect critical data about the harsh entry environment during Perseverance’s entry next Thursday. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First Rock
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Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected...
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
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The small rotorcraft made history, hovering above Jezero Crater, demonstrating that powered, controlled flight on another planet is possible....
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Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests
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Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Read More
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NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth
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The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample
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The rock core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, and will be available for retrieval in...
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