Mars Decoder Ring: Secret Message on NASA’s Perseverance Rover’s Parachute
This annotated image was taken by a parachute-up-look camera aboard the protective back shell of NASA’s Perseverance rover during its descent toward Mars’ Jezero Crater…
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Awe-Inspiring Front-Row Seat to NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Landing + First Audio Recording of Red Planet
NASA’s newest rover captured first-of-its-kind footage of its February 18 touchdown and has recorded audio of Martian wind. New video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars (Video Highlight Reel)
After a seven-month-long journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Captured Perseverance During Descent to Red Planet
The descent stage holding NASA’s Perseverance rover can be seen falling through the Martian atmosphere, its parachute trailing behind, in this image taken on February…
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Reports In From Mars
The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Incredible Sneak Peek of Mars Landing Sent Back by NASA’s Perseverance Rover
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground….
Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet – See the First Image Sent Back
NASA’s latest and most complex mission to the Red Planet has touched down at Jezero Crater. Now it’s time to begin testing the health of…
The Awe-Inspiring Mars Relay Network That Will Keep NASA’s Perseverance in Touch With Earth During Landing and Beyond
A tightly choreographed dance between NASA’s Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency’s Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond….
Searching for Martian Life in Samples Collected by NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover
When the agency’s newest rover mission searches for fossilized microscopic life on the Red Planet, how will scientists know whether they’ve found it? NASA’s Mars…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Is About to Land on the Red Planet – What to Expect
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on February 18, 2021. With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million…
InSight Challenges: Mars Dust Forces NASA Changes to Keep the Lander Safe
As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order…
NASA Invites You to Share Thrill of Mars Perseverance Rover Landing
Mark your calendars for live landing commentary, news briefings, livestreamed Q&As, virtual watch parties, student activities, and more. NASA is inviting the public to take…
Sensors Prepare to Collect Data as NASA’s Perseverance Enters Mars’ Atmosphere
Technology will collect critical data about the harsh entry environment during Perseverance’s entry on Thursday. Nearly six-and-a-half months and 300 million miles since launch, NASA’s…
NASA Satellites Improve the Accuracy of Forests’ Impacts on the Global Carbon Budget
Scientists have created a new method for measuring carbon fluctuations in forests; it is expected to improve the accuracy of global carbon estimates. Using ground,…
NASA RainCube – A Pioneering Mini Weather Satellite – Ends Its Mission
RainCube, designed to study storms, was the first to fly a radar science instrument on a CubeSat. After nearly 2 1/2 years in orbit, a…
NASA’s OMG: Warming Seas Are Accelerating Greenland’s Glacier Retreat
Scientists with NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission are probing deep below the island’s warming coastal waters to help us better predict the rising seas of…
Entry, Descent, and Landing: The Most Intense Phase of the Mars Perseverance Rover Mission
Entry, Descent, and Landing – often referred to as “EDL” – is the shortest and most intense phase of the Mars 2020 mission. It begins…
Tricky Terrain Navigation: Helping to Assure a Safe Landing for the Mars 2020 Rover
How two new technologies will help Perseverance, NASA’s most sophisticated rover yet, touch down onto the surface of Mars this month. After a nearly seven-month…