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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie over a rock nicknamed “Rochette,” on September 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol of the mission. Two holes can be seen where the rover used its...
Perseverance's Selfie at "Rochette"
NASA’s Perseverance rover was able to use its new Terrain-Relative Navigation technology to avoid hazards and find a safe place to land in Jezero Crater on Mars.
Avoiding Hazards at Jezero Crater
Aaron Yazzie and others explain how, by scooping dirt and drilling rocks, rovers are digging deeper into the mysteries of Mars.
Digging In: When Rovers Get Dirt on Mars
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is traveling to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover and must safely detach to begin the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Tests done at...
Testing the Mars Helicopter Delivery System
The first samples from the Moon were collected by two astronauts. The first samples collected for eventual return to Earth from Mars will take three robots aboard the Perseverance rover working as ...
Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Sample Caching System
The escarpment the science team refers to as “Scarp a” is seen in this image captured by Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument on Apr. 17, 2021.
Jezero Crater's 'Scarp A'
Sample tube number 266 was used to collect the first sample of Martian rock by NASA’s Perseverance rover.
Perseverance Sample Tube 266
This image shows a core, about 2.8 inches (71.1 millimeters) in length, collected from a basaltic rock during a test of the Perseverance rover’s Sampling and Caching System at NASA’s Jet Propulsion...
Cored-Rock Sample From Perseverance Test
The solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's solar panel as seen by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
Mars Helicopter's Solar Array as Seen by Perseverance's Mastcam-Z
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's carbon fiber blades can be seen in this video taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol,...
Mastcam-Z Captures Ingenuity's Blades Spinning
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.
The Long Haul – Ingenuity's Flight 9
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 C...
Atlas V Illuminated Before Perseverance Launch
Use this interactive virtual landing packet to learn more about the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing and download all the printable resources available for landing.
Interactive Virtual Landing Packet
SuperCam's mast unit before being installed atop the Perseverance rover's remote sensing mast.
SuperCam Mast Unit
From launch to the journey to Mars to atmospheric entry to surviving on the Martian surface, NASA’s Perseverance rover will have to endure a lot of extreme environments on its way to the Red Planet.
Testing Hardware on Earth for a Journey to Mars
This image shows part of the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” geologic unit where Perseverance rover will hunt for a suitable first sample target.
An Expanse for Perseverance to Explore
Landing a spacecraft on Mars is one of the trickiest things we do. This 60-second video explains how it's done, and the three landing systems we use at the Red Planet.
Mars in a Minute: How Do You Land on Mars?
Planetary protection engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California swab engineering models of the the tubes that will store Martian rock and sediment samples as part of NASA’...
Swabbing Perseverance Sample Tubes
This annotated image shows a rock target called “Garde” as analyzed by SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals), one of the instruments o...
SHERLOC's View of 'Garde'
Students took part in a NASA "You've Got Perseverance" event to honor them for overcoming academic challenges.
JPL Director and Mission Team Honor Persevering Students
This is the first image NASA’s Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The view, from one of Perseverance’s Hazard Cameras, is partially obscured by a dust cover.
Perseverance Rover's First Image from Mars
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.
Monitoring Spacecraft Launches
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021.
Perseverance Rover Touchdown (Gradient Illustration)
Rohit Bhartia of NASA's Mars 2020 mission holds a slice of a meteorite scientists have determined came from Mars. This slice will likely be used here on Earth for testing a laser instrument for NAS...
A Martian Meteorite for Mars 2020
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen here with all four of its legs deployed before dropping from the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 30, 2021, the 39th Martian day, or sol, of the miss...
Ingenuity Helicopter is Ready to Drop
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Ten sample tubes, capturing an amazing variety of Martian geology, have been deposited on Mars’ surface so they could be studied on Earth in the future.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot
Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
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NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot
The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars.
NASA and ESA Agree on Next Steps to Return Mars Samples to Earth
The Mars lander’s seismometer has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years.
NASA's InSight 'Hears' Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars