NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2020, and has since been spending every Martian sol exploring the western end of Jezero Crater, imaging the Martian surface, ...

Scientists won't only study the rocks NASA's Perseverance rover has cached throughout its trek across Mars. They want the fresh Mars air, too. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Scientists believe these rocks were formed by ancient rainfall and humidity, similar to processes on Earth. The discovery adds to the evidence that Mars may have once been a habitable planet capable ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent its two years on Mars imaging the planet’s surface and collecting rock samples that will, should all go well, be brought to Earth in the early 2030s. The rover ...

Just shy of its second (Earth) anniversary on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has completed a project that could secure its legacy. The backup sample depot in Jezero Crater is ready for a future ...

The sample is an exciting win for the rover team. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest updates on ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie with some of the sample tubes it left on the Red Planet's surface using the camera at the end of its robotic arm. NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS NASA’s ...