On June 1, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by leaving the “Octavia E. Butler” landing site. During the first few weeks of this first science campaign, the ...
A computer pilot helps NASA’s six-wheeled geologist as it searches for rock samples that could be brought to Earth for deeper investigation. In about a third of the time it would have taken other NASA ...
When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has officially crossed the 42.2-kilometer mark on Mars, surpassing the equivalent of a marathon. This achievement, announced just ahead of the rover’s five-year anniversary, ...
The Perseverance rover has spent more than three years on Mars scouring the area's rocks and soil for evidence that life once existed on the planet. Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to ...