Countdown To Mars: Launch of the NASA 2020 Perseverance Rover
Team with NASA to send off the Perseverance rover to Mars — from the convenience of your own home. The mission launches from Cape Canaveral,…
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Will Launch in Less Than a Month – 7 Things to Know
NASA’s next rover to the Red Planet is slated to launch no earlier than July 30. These highlights will get you up to speed on…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket at Cape Canaveral
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will send it toward the Red Planet this summer. Encased in…
How SHERLOC Will Help NASA’s Perseverance Rover Search for Signs of Life on Mars
Later this summer, NASA is launching the Mars Perseverance Rover to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 Mission. The rover is loaded with equipment to search for signs…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Will Be the First Aircraft on Another Planet – Here’s How It Will Reach the Red Planet’s Surface
The small craft will seek to prove that powered, controlled flight is possible on another planet. But just getting it onto the surface of Mars…
Despite COVID-19 Impacts, Launch Is Fast Approaching for NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
The Red Planet’s surface has been visited by eight NASA spacecraft. The ninth will be the first that includes gathering Mars samples for future return…
Meet SHERLOC – The Detective Aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
An instrument called SHERLOC will, with the help of its partner WATSON, hunt for signs of ancient life by detecting organic molecules and minerals. Mars…
Trials by Fire, Ice, Light and Sound: NASA’s New Mars Rover Perseveres
The agency’s new Mars rover is put through a series of tests in vacuum chambers, acoustic chambers and more to get ready for the Red…
Meet the Scientists and Engineers Behind NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
These are the people who built NASA’s next Mars rover and who will guide it to a safe landing in Jezero Crater. Behind every spacecraft…
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Scientists Train in Nevada Desert
Team members searched for signs of ancient microscopic life there, just as NASA’s newest rover will on the Red Planet next year. Billions of years…
Vehicle Stacking: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Spacecraft Put in Launch Configuration
Stacking spacecraft components on top of each other is one of the final assembly steps before a mission launches to the Red Planet. Engineers working…
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Gets an Ingenious Name From Alabama High School Student
Vaneeza Rupani’s essay was chosen as the name for the small spacecraft, which will mark NASA’s first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Destined…
Crucial Weight-Balancing Test Performed on NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover
The mission team performed a crucial weight-balancing test on the rover in preparation for this summer’s history-making launch to the Red Planet. With 13 weeks…
Stanford: Promising Signs for Past Martian Life at Jezero Crater, Mars
New research indicates river delta deposits within Mars’ Jezero crater — the destination of NASA’ Perseverance rover on the Red Planet — formed over time…
Amazing Tech Behind the Mission to Collect Rocks on Mars to Bring Back to Earth
If you could bring something back from Mars to Earth, what would you choose? This question is becoming reality, as ESA opens a call for…
Mars Helicopter Attached to Perseverance Rover – Preparing for Summer’s History-Making Launch
The team also fueled the rover’s sky crane to get ready for this summer’s history-making launch. With the launch period of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance…
Amazing New Wheels and Air Brakes Installed on NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
After the rover was shipped from JPL to Kennedy Space Center, the team is getting closer to finalizing the spacecraft for launch later this summer….
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Undergoes Final Testing – Will Be First Aircraft to Fly on Another Planet
The Mars 2020 mission involving NASA’s newly named rover — Perseverance — received a significant boost following the completion of important testing at the agency’s…