After testing a bristling array of instruments on its robotic arm, NASA’s latest Mars rover gets down to business: probing rocks and dust for evidence of past life.
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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: the Ridges of ‘South Séítah’
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NASA’s Perseverance rover captures a geologic feature with details that offer clues to the area’s mysterious past. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites
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The six-wheeled explorer has inspected a stretch of the Red Planet to see if it is flat enough for...
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to Capture Sounds From the Red Planet
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Audio gathered by the mission may not sound quite the same on Mars as it would to our ears...
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NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt
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The rover will abrade a rock this week, allowing scientists and engineers to decide whether that target would withstand...
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Biggest Moments on Mars: NASA’s Perseverance Rover 2021 Year in Review
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A new video looks back on the six-wheeled scientist’s first 10 months on the Red Planet and all that...
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NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’
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The agency’s newest rover is trekking across the Martian landscape using a newly enhanced auto-navigation system. Read More
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NASA’s Perseverance Pays Off Back Home
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Even as the Perseverance rover approaches Mars, technology on board is paying off on Earth. Read More