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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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….
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…
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…
Following touchdown, MOXIE will brew up oxygen while geologists comb for sediments to sample. On Thursday, NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, is scheduled to touch…
All landings on Mars are difficult, but NASA’s Perseverance rover is attempting to touch down in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted. The…
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…
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…
On February 18, 2021, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land on the Red Planet ESA’s Mars orbiters – the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter…
Entry, Descent, and Landing – often referred to as “EDL” – is the shortest and most intense phase of the Mars 2020 mission. It begins…
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…
Even as the Perseverance rover approaches Mars, technology on board is paying off on Earth. A laser-light sensor that can identify bacteria in a wound…