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Components of MOXIE
An illustration of MOXIE and its components. An air pump pulls in carbon dioxide gas from the Martian atmosphere, which is then regulated and fed to the Solid OXide Electrolyzer (SOXE), where it is electrochemically split to produce pure oxygen.
November 24, 2020
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Engineers Lower MOXIE into Perseverance
Engineers lower MOXIE into the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover.
November 24, 2020
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MEDA's Wind Sensor Springs Out
One of two wind sensors springs out of the mast on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. These sensors are part of Perseverance's weather instrumentation, called MEDA.
November 13, 2020
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Mars 2020 Showing Some Inflight Heat
An electrical cable can be seen snaking its way along insulation material in this in-flight image of the interior of the Mars 2020 spacecraft on its way to the Red Planet. The picture was assembled using three images taken by the Perseverance rover's rear left Hazcam during a systems check on Oct. 19, 2020.
November 10, 2020
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Perseverance Rover at Halfway Point
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover reached its halfway point – 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) – on its journey to Jezero Crater on Oct. 27, 2020, at 1:40 p.m. PDT (4:40 EDT).
October 27, 2020
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MEDLI2 Onboard Mars 2020 Spacecraft
MEDLI2 sensors are installed on the Mars 2020 heat shield and back shell prior that will protect NASA's Perseverance rover on its journey to the surface of Mars.
October 22, 2020
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X-ray Image of 3D-Printed MOXIE Part
This X-ray image shows the interior of a 3D-printed heat exchanger in Perseverance's MOXIE instrument. X-ray images like these are used to check for defects within parts.
October 19, 2020
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Mars 2020 Expanded Spacecraft Illustration
This illustration depicts five major components of the Mars 2020 spacecraft. Top to bottom: cruise stage, backshell, descent stage, Perseverance rover and heat shield.
October 16, 2020
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RIMFAX Location on NASA's Perseverance Rover (Illustration)
Highlighted in blue in this visualization, the RIMFAX instrument's antenna is externally mounted underneath the MMRTG (the rover’s nuclear battery) on the back of Perseverance.
October 8, 2020
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Testing RIMFAX for NASA's Perseverance Rover
A test model of the RIMFAX instrument – aboard the trailer behind the snow mobile – undergoes field testing in Svalbard, Norway.
October 8, 2020
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RIMFAX at Work on NASA's Perseverance (Illustration)
Perseverance's Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) uses radar waves to probe the ground
October 8, 2020
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A Flight Director's Focus
Flight Director Matt Smith studies the data during the second post-launch trajectory correction maneuver during Perseverance’s cruise to Mars.
September 30, 2020
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Propulsion Lead Checks the Tanks
Propulsion Lead Rebekah Lam participates in Perseverance’s second trajectory correction maneuver at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 30, 2020
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All Systems Go for Planned Course Correction
Matt Smith, flight director for the second Mars 2020 mission trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-2), studying the screens at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 30, 2020
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Celebrating a Good Day in Space
The Mars 2020 navigation team celebrates Perseverance’s nominal, or successful, trajectory correction maneuver in the Mission Support Area at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 30, 2020
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Maneuvers While Masked
Attitude Control Systems lead Chris Pong donned a dinosaur-themed mask for his participation in the Mars 2020 mission’s second trajectory correction maneuver at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 30, 2020
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Mars 2020 Entry, Descent, and Landing Cameras
The Mars 2020 spacecraft is outfitted with a suite of cameras to document the vehicle's entry, descent, and landing in unprecedented detail.
September 28, 2020
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Perseverance's Laser Retroreflector (Illustration)
Visible both in the inset photograph on the upper left and near the center of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover in this illustration is the palm-size dome called the Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA). In the distant future, laser-equipped Mars orbiters could use such a reflector for scientific studies.
September 28, 2020
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PIXL's Hexapod Has Moves
A device with six mechanical legs, the hexapod is a critical part of the PIXL instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The hexapod allows PIXL to make slow, precise movements to get closer to and point at specific parts of a rock's surface. This GIF has been considerably sped up to show how the hexapod moves.
September 22, 2020
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PIXL's Nightlight
PIXL requires pictures of its rock targets to autonomously position itself. Light diodes circle its opening take pictures of rock targets when the instrument is working at night. Using artificial intelligence, PIXL relies on the images to determine how far away it is from a target to be scanned.
September 22, 2020
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Perseverance's PIXL Opens its Dust Cover
PIXL opens its dust cover during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One of seven instruments on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, PIXL is located on the end of the rover's robotic arm.
September 22, 2020
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Perseverance's PIXL at Work on Mars (Illustration)
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL). Located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm, the X-ray spectrometer will help search for signs of ancient microbial life in rocks.
September 21, 2020
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Jezero Crater as Seen by ESA's Mars Express Orbiter
This image shows the remains of an ancient delta in Mars' Jezero Crater, which NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will explore for signs of fossilized microbial life. The image was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard the ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Express orbiter.
September 21, 2020
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Perseverance Twin Raises Its Mast
The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover raises its "head," or remote sensing mast, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 4, 2020
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Perseverance Twin Drives Into the Mars Yard
The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover has put some dirt on its wheels at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 4, 2020
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A Microphone for Mars
The Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) microphone can be seen mounted to the top of a black-painted cable bracket in this image taken of the port-side of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Image taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
September 3, 2020
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Port Side of Perseverance
This image taken on Nov. 16, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, captures the port side of NASA's Perseverance rover.
September 3, 2020
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10 Days of Perseverance
NASA's Perseverance rover undergoes a 10-day test in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at JPL. The image was taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
September 3, 2020
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Michelle Tomey Colizzi
NASA-JPL engineer Michelle Tomey Colizzi works on ensuring the Perseverance rover can endure a lot of extreme environments on its way to the Red Planet.
August 25, 2020
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Mars 2020 Perseverance in Flight
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30. NASA's Eyes on the Solar System tool lets you track the spacecraft in real time as it makes its way to Mars for a Feb. 18, 2021 landing.
August 21, 2020
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Deployment Test
In this photo taken on Oct. 1, 2019, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (between left and center rover wheels) have just completed a multiweek evaluation under Mars-like conditions inside a 25-foot-wide, 85-foot-tall (8-meter-by-26-meter) vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
August 13, 2020
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Monitoring Spacecraft Launches
Communication engineers at the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitor the Atlas V rocket carrying Perseverance to Mars on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Roaring Perseverance Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on board launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
July 30, 2020
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Beachside View: Mars 2020 Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Leaving Green Fields for the Red Planet
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
July 30, 2020
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Launches Off Florida Coast
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
July 30, 2020
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Morning Launch for Mars 2020 Perseverance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Ignition! Bound for Mars
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch Panorama
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Powerful Launch for Mars 2020 Perseverance
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2020.
July 30, 2020
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Mars 2020 Perseverance On its Way
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
July 30, 2020
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Mars Perseverance Rover Launches Successfully
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Thursday, July 30, 2020, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
July 30, 2020
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Water-side View of Atlas V Rocket
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover sit on Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset.
July 29, 2020
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Naming Contest Winners at Kennedy Space Center
Students Alex Mather, at left, and Vaneeza Rupani, stand near the countdown clock at the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2020.
July 29, 2020
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Naming Contest Winners Ready for Launch
Students Alex Mather, at left, and Vaneeza Rupani, stand near the countdown clock at the News Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2020. Mather named the Perseverance rover, and Rupani named the Ingenuity helicopter.
July 29, 2020
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Atlas V in the Spotlight Before Perseverance Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
July 28, 2020
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Perseverance After Rollout
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 after being rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
July 28, 2020
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Mars 2020/Perseverance Atlas V Fairing
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with NASA's Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover rolls from the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
July 28, 2020
