The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even in testing on Earth.
Related Articles
-
With First Martian Samples Packed, Perseverance Initiates Remarkable Sample Return Mission
NASA, along with the European Space Agency, is developing a campaign to return the Martian samples to Earth. Read...
-
Study Looks More Closely at Mars’ Underground Water Signals
A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface ‘lakes,’ but many are in areas too...
-
You Can Help Train NASA’s Rovers to Better Explore Mars
Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken...
-
Testing Rocks on Earth to Help NASA’s Perseverance Work on Mars
Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one...
-
Webinars–Taking Flight: How Girls Can Grow up to Be Engineers
Do you like solving problems, working with other people, and making a difference? Consider a career in engineering! Read...
-
NASA to Attempt First Controlled Flight on Mars As Soon As Monday
A livestream will begin at 3:15 a.m. PDT that morning as the helicopter team prepares to receive the data...
-
Students With Perseverance Receive Messages From Mars, Courtesy of NASA
The first set of middle-schoolers in the agency’s “You’ve Got Perseverance!” campaign was honored with a message from the...
-
Twin of NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Begins Terrain Tests
OPTIMISM, the full-scale engineering model of Perseverance, begins a series of rigorous tests to assess the risk of potential...
