Perseverance Rover
Perseverance Places its First Sample on the Surface of Mars. One Day This Will be in the Hands of Scientists on Earth
In the not-too-distant future, a planetary scientist will open up a tube of rocks that came from Mars. Thanks to…
Perseverance Heard a Dust Devil on Mars, and Now You Can Too
For years, we’ve seen images from various Mars rovers and landers of dust devils churning across the dusty landscape of…
Perseverance’s Latest Sample is Just Crumbled Regolith. When Scientists get Their Hands on it, we’ll Learn so Much About how to Live on Mars
The Mars Sample Return (MSR) part of Perseverance's mission is picking up - literally. For the past few months, the…
Perseverance has Found a Nice Patch of Sandstone on Mars
NASA's rolling geology robot shared a great image of sandstone that it found on Mars in Jezero Crater. It's in…
Without Water and Life, Geology on Mars is Driven by the Wind
On Earth, we all know what changes our landscapes: water and wind erosion, tectonic activity, and volcanism. Today on Mars,…
Perseverance Has Collected Samples from One of the Best Places to Search for Ancient Life on Mars
Scientists with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover said today that the rover has collected several "tantalizing" organic rock samples from an…
The Geology at Jezero Crater is Even More Complex Than Scientists Were Expecting
The Perseverance rover has mapped the structure beneath the Jezero Crater, which shows signs of rocks that could have formed…
New Perseverance Rock Samples Were Altered by Water. They'll be Coming Back to Earth in the Sample Return Mission
The Perseverance rover has collected the first samples that will be returned to Earth, which could provide the first evidence…
Perseverance has Found a ‘Cat Hair’ in its Drill Chuck. What is it?
After each use of one of the tools at the end of the Perseverance rover’s arm, the mission’s engineering team…
A Look Inside One of Perseverance’s Core Holes
Here’s one of the best views you’ll ever see of the insides of a rock on Mars. The hole was…