Perseverance Rover

Perseverance Will Make Sure it has a Safe Landing

To casual observers, landing a rover on Mars can seem kind of like old news, believe it or not. Especially…

3 years ago

Plans for a Mars Sample Return Mission Have Moved to the Next Stage

The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, a joint effort between NASA and the ESA to bring samples of Mars back…

3 years ago

Astronauts Will be Able to Extract Fuel, Air, and Water From Martian Brine

A team of researchers have created an electrolyzer that could be a game-changer for exploration missions on Mars.

3 years ago

This is What Perseverance’s Landing Site Looked Like Billions of Years Ago. See Why it’s Such a Compelling Target?

Today is a milestone in NASA's Perseverance mission to Mars. At 1:40 pm Pacific time today, the rover will have…

4 years ago

Perseverance Will be Scanning Inside Rocks for Fossils on Mars

When it arrives on Mars next year, Perseverance will use a next-generation X-ray scanner assisted by AI to search for…

4 years ago

The Surface of Mars Might Have Gotten an Acid Bath, Obscuring Evidence of Past Life

According to a recent study, the presence of acidic and alkali fluids on the surface of Mars mean that its…

4 years ago

Perseverance and the Quest to Find Life on Mars

I remember the Summer of 1997 when a shoebox-sized Mars rover literally broke the Internet. Sojourner - the first rover…

4 years ago

Perseverance Has Been Put Inside its Atlas V Rocket

NASA's Perseverance rover and elements of the Mars 2020 mission were recently loaded aboard the rocket that will take it…

4 years ago

Here’s How Perseverance’s Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars

When NASA’s new Perseverance Martian rover launches in a little over a month it will have a small robotic stow-away…

4 years ago

Perseverance Rover is Getting Tucked Into its Launch Fairing

70 days from now, the next launch window to Mars opens. That's when NASA will launch their Perseverance Rover. New…

4 years ago