The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to capture this image of the final location of the heat shield that helped protect NASAs Perseverance rover during its landing on the surface of Mars.
February 22, 2021
This image shows with a green dot where NASAs Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The base image was taken by the HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
February 22, 2021
The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to capture this image of NASAs Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.
February 22, 2021
The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to capture this image of the descent stage that helped fly NASAs Perseverance rover down to the surface of Mars.
February 22, 2021
The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to capture this image of the final location of the parachute that helped slow down NASAs Perseverance rover during its landing on the surface of Mars.
February 22, 2021
The descent stage holding NASAs Perseverance rover can be seen falling thorough the Martian atmosphere in this image taken on Feb. 18, 2021 by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. An ellipse indicates where Perseverance touched down.
February 19, 2021
This image acquired on August 2, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dozens of dark, dust-free, streaks on slopes surrounding a crater.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on October 1, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows several craters in Arabia Terra filled with layered rock.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on October 7, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a deposit draping the surface like a blanket.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on October 25, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a textbook example of regular, nearly hexagonal polygon networks.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on October 12, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an isolated, elongated mound (about 1 mile wide and 3.75 miles long) rising above the smooth, surrounding plains.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on November 14, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a crater in Xanthe Terra filled with material deposited by wind or water after the crater formed.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on December 13, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows blobby features in the polar cap that are due to the sun sublimating away the carbon dioxide into these round patterns.
January 29, 2021
This image acquired on December 24, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the seasonal polar cap beginning to sublimate (going from ice directly to gas). A layer of dry ice covers the sand dunes in this image.
January 29, 2021
Oblique view looks to the west above Jezero Crater floor over the fan-shaped delta and into the valley that cuts through the crater rim. The illustration was generated by U.S Geological Survey using data from NASA spacecraft.
January 27, 2021