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The Long Haul – Ingenuity's Flight 9
This sequence of images from takeoff to landing was taken by the downward-looking navigation camera of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its ninth flight on Mars on July 5, 2021.
July 23, 2021
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Ingenuity Flight 10 Ground Track
This annotated image of Mars’ Jezero Crater depicts the ground track and waypoints for Ingenuity’s planned tenth flight – scheduled to take place no earlier than Saturday, July 24.
July 23, 2021
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Perseverance Rover Camera View of Long Autonomous Drive
This video from July 1, 2021 (the 130th sol, or Martian day, of its mission), shows scenes from the longest autonomous drive yet for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on Feb. 18, 2021.
July 21, 2021
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Perseverance Scouts First Sampling Location
This image shows the area on Mars from which NASA’s Perseverance rover will collect its first rock sample.
July 21, 2021
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The End of One Drive by Perseverance on the Floor of Jezero Crater
This image of a Martian vista in Jezero Crater, made from smaller individual images, was taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on July 3, 2021 (the 131th sol, or Martian day, of its mission).
July 21, 2021
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SuperCam Image of 'Artuby'
NASA’s Perseverance rover took these zoomed-in images of a layered outcrop (just below center of image) nicknamed “Artuby” on June 17, 2021 (the 116th sol, or Martian Day, of its mission), from a little more than a third of a mile (615 meters) away.
July 21, 2021
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An Expanse for Perseverance to Explore
This image shows part of the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” geologic unit where Perseverance rover will hunt for a suitable first sample target.
July 21, 2021
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Perseverance Captures a Gust of Martian Dust
This series of images from a navigation camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover shows a gust of wind sweeping dust across the Martian plain beyond the rover’s tracks on June 18, 2021 (the 117th sol, or Martian day, of the mission).
July 21, 2021
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'Witness' Tube in Perseverance Sample Caching System
As part of its search for signs of ancient life on Mars, Perseverance is the first rover to bring a sample caching system to the Red Planet that will package promising samples for return to Earth by a future mission.
July 21, 2021
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Perseverance Looks Back After a Long Autonomous Drive
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back toward its tracks on July 1, 2021 (the 130th sol, or Martian day, of its mission), after driving autonomously 358 feet (109 meters) – its longest autonomous drive to date.
July 21, 2021
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Perseverance's Arm over 'Paver Rocks'
The robotic arm on NASA’s Perseverance rover reached out to examine rocks in an area on Mars nicknamed the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” area in this image captured on July 10, 2021 (the 138th sol, or Martian day, of its mission).
July 20, 2021
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WATSON Views 'Foux'
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this close-up of a rock target nicknamed “Foux” using its WATSON camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The image was taken July 11, 2021, the 139th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
July 20, 2021
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PIXL's Nightlight
PIXL, one of seven instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, is equipped with light diodes circling its opening to take pictures of rock targets in the dark. Using artificial intelligence, PIXL relies on the images to determine how far away it is from a target to be scanned.
July 20, 2021
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Ingenuity Spots 'Raised Ridges' During Ninth Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter spotted this location, nicknamed “Raised Ridges,” during its ninth flight, on July 5. Scientists hope to visit “Raised Ridges” with the Perseverance rover in the future.
July 12, 2021
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Ingenuity Spots Rover Tracks During Ninth Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this image of tracks made by the Perseverance rover during its ninth flight, on July 5. A portion of the helicopter’s landing gear can be seen at top left.
July 12, 2021
