In the first three months of the Perseverance Rover’s mission on Mars, NASA has already made groundbreaking discoveries and ...

A breakthrough instrument on NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is considered a mission success after producing enough oxygen for a small dog to breathe for about 10 hours.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Later this year a tiny rover will carry out an unusual lunar task. Skip to main content. Scientific American. June 26, 2025. 3 min read. ... a math YouTuber and stand-up comedian, ...

Why real Mars images are high-quality. While the image in the post is not a genuine photograph from Mars, both the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter can capture high-resolution images.

There is no joysticking a Mars rover, because it’s so far away that a command sent at the speed of light across interplanetary space takes four to 24 minutes to arrive.

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image of its 26th collected rock sample, named “Silver Mountain,” using its onboard Sample Caching System Camera, ...

While the United States has led in Mars rover exploration, it is not the only player on the scene. In May 2021, China became the second nation to successfully place a rover on Mars.

A mad dash, by Mars rover standards. (The one-day distance record for Perseverance is 347.689 meters on sol 753.) This interplanetary navigation by rover drivers comes at an uncertain moment for ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has summitted the top of the Martian Jezero Crater following a monthslong climb. Up next is a new phase of exploration.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has started drilling into a bizarre landscape on Mars that could upend assumptions about when the Red Planet truly dried out.. After a long drive, the Mini Cooper-sized ...