Perseverance Rover Prepares to Collect First Martian Rock Sample, Will Be Returned to Earth by Missions in the 2030s

Medicine & Technology Jul 21, 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready to collect Martian rock samples to determine if Mars had ever hosted life in the past The sample will be packaged in a sealed tube to be sent to Earth by missions in the 2030s.

Is NASA Perseverance Rover Ready to Look For Evidence of Life on Mars?

Jul 07, 2021

NASA Perseverance Rover rover has been undergoing systems tests, or commissioning, and supporting the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s month of flight tests.

NASA Explains Process on How Perseverance Rover Takes Selfie on Mars

Jun 27, 2021

The process used to get the historic Mars Rover photo involved over a dozen people and took about a week to code.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Captured Stunning New 360-Degree View of Mars in a Video

Jun 16, 2021

NASA released an interactive 36-degree panorama view of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover's Mastcam-Z stereo imaging system, showing the Van Zyl Overlook.

Mars Perseverance Rover's SuperCam Vaporize Martian Rocks in NASA Video Update

Jun 13, 2021

Perseverance rover's high-tech SuperCam gets its time in the spotlight in NASA's new video update, showing that it vaporizes rocks that are 23 feet away.

NASA's Perseverance Rover Begins Preliminary Science Mission to Discover Ancient Microbial Life

Jun 10, 2021

The Perseverance team has begun its science mission to head to the Jezero Crater and search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars.

MOXIE Makes it Big in Producing Breathable Oxygen on Mars

May 29, 2021

MOXIE's main objective is to show how explorers could produce oxygen in the Martian atmosphere and make it breathable. The process will include the breaking down Mars' carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen.

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover vs. China Zhurong Mars Rover: 5 Major Differences

May 21, 2021

China successfully landed its Zhurong rover on the red planet, according to state media, just months after NASA landed its Perseverance rover.

Active Volcanoes on Mars: With Continuing Eruptions Up to 3 Million years Ago, According to Study

May 17, 2021

Recent reports said, active volcanoes on Mars that existed from three and four billion years back, had smaller eruptions that continued up to three million years ago.

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Is Now Ready to Become a Science Investigator

May 12, 2021

NASA's Perseverance rover is now studying the rocks in the Jezero crater to look for life.

Ingenuity's Fourth Flight: Mars Helicopter Mission May Be Extended Than Originally Planned

Apr 30, 2021

NASA is giving the Ingenuity helicopter another month after it aced its fourth flight on Mars to tackle new tough terrain and serve as a scout for the Perseverance rover.

NASA Perseverance Rover Creates Breathable Air on Mars

Apr 21, 2021

The NASA Mars Perseverance Rover just created another amazing thing on the Red Planet -- making breathable air on the Martian surface.

How Does Mars Look Like in Colored Photo? Here's What it is According to Mars Ingenuity Helicopter

Apr 06, 2021

Mars Helicopter Ingenuity snaps 1st color photo on Red Planet before flying for the first time on Sunday (April 11).

What's up With This Weird Green Rock on Mars? Perseverance Rover Is Trying to Find Out

Apr 03, 2021

Perseverance's laser hasn't yet solved the mystery of this strange rock near the rover's new digs on Mars.

NASA Perseverance Rover's Ingenuity Helicopter Gasps Red Planet Air for the First Time

Mar 22, 2021

NASA Perseverance rover's tiny helicopter, Ingenuity, just took a peek into the rover's belly.