Mars Rover

Latest about Mars Rover

The Perseverance rover's wind sensor has been deployed, as this shot by one of the robot's navigation cameras shows.

NASA's Perseverance rover deploys wind sensor on Mars

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance continues getting up to speed on the Red Planet.

Mars
An artist's depiction of NASA's Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, storing samples of Martian rocks in tubes for future delivery to Earth. Perseverance will land inside Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.

NASA rover Perseverance survives death-defying plunge, lands safely on Mars

By Rafi Letzter published

NASA's rhinoceros-size Perseverance rover pulled off the most precise landing in Martian history Thursday (Feb. 18), touching down successfully in Jezero crater.

Mars
The aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021.

Watch NASA's Perseverance rover land on Mars

By Stephanie Pappas published

Follow along as the Mars rover Perseverance lands on Mars on Feb. 18. Don't miss out on the final 7 minutes of terror.

Mars
Mars Perseverance - mission steps.

NASA's next Mars rover will land in less than 100 days

By Mike Wall published

The life-hunting Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, which launched on July 30, is scheduled to land inside Jezero Crater on the afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021.

Mars
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover displaying where its MMRTG would be inserted, between the panels on the right marked by gold tube, before the power system was inserted.

Why NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will use nuclear power to stay warm

By Meghan Bartels published

A spacecraft is only as strong as its power source, which is why when NASA was designing its Perseverance Mars rover, the agency turned to radioactive plutonium.

Mars
A member of the Mars 2020 Science Team looks at the calibration target that will be sent on the Mars rover, Perseverance, including SaU 008.

A Martian meteorite is going home, in NASA's Perseverance mission launch

By Mindy Weisberger published

London's Natural History Museum is sending a piece of a Martian meteorite back to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover.

Meteoroids
NASA's Curiosity rover has found a sky-high amount of methane while sampling in Mars' Gale Crater (shown here).

Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Don't get too excited just yet.

Mars
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity reveals its shadow, seen on July 26, 2004, and snapped by the rover’s front hazard-avoidance camera. At the time, Opportunity was moving farther into Endurance Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars.

What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?

By Rafi Letzter published

NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what?

Mars
Meet Rosalind the rover.

A Rover That Will Look for Life on Mars Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin

By Megan Gannon published

Rosalind Franklin was the British scientist whose work was integral to the discovery of DNA's structure.

Genetics
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity photographed this odd object on Aug. 13, 2018. Mission team members initially thought it might be a piece of the rover, but Curiosity's observations revealed it to be a rock flake.

'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock

By Mike Wall published

Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock.

Mars
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Archives