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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
