Perseverance (Rover)

Mars
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perseverance (Rover)
Phobos
Planetary Science
The Solar System
Earth and the Martian moon Phobos dance together in a series of images recently acquired by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Earth appears as a point of light in the Martian sky, disappearing behind the crescent of Phobos, the larger of Mars’ two moons. This is the first time humanity has captured from the surface of […]
Posted August 5, 2026
Mars
Asteroids
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perseverance (Rover)
Planetary Science
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impacts. Referred to as the “Broom Point member” by the rover’s science team, this sequence of layered bedrock is likely more than 3.9 billion years old, making it among […]
Posted July 15, 2026
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Planetary Science Division
Editor’s note: The text was updated on March 13, 2026, to correct the spelling of the outcrop nicknamed “Arathusa.” NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” Assembled from 61 individual images, the selfie shows Persevera
Posted May 12, 2026
Mars
Ingenuity (Helicopter)
Mars 2020
Perseverance (Rover)
The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Posted May 7, 2026
Mars
Astrobiology
Curiosity (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight how the missions are revealing details of the Red Planet’s formation, watery past, and potential for life. Located 2,345 miles (3,775 kilometers) apart from each other on Mars — about the distance from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
Posted April 27, 2026
Perseverance (Rover)
NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s descent stage.
Posted February 23, 2026
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars 2020
The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s surface without the input of human route planners.  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on Dec. 8 and 10, and led by the agency’s Jet Propulsio
Posted January 30, 2026
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
The Solar System
After nearly five years on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover’s durability and gathering new science findings on the way to a new region nicknamed “Lac de Charmes,” where it will be searching for rocks to sample in the coming […]
Posted December 17, 2025
Perseverance (Rover)
Mars
Mars 2020
Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars.
Posted December 3, 2025
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