Mars

Before the NASA Perseverance rover searches for signs of past Mars microbes, it will first take on the most technologically exciting part of its mission: flying a helicopter.Under the belly of Perseverance, a car-sized robotic vehicle that…

"This means that Mars has been dry for a long time," said Eva Scheller, a Caltech PhD student who was the lead author of the science paper.Today there is still water equivalent to a global ocean 65 to 130 feet deep, but that is mostly…

Three and a half billion years ago, waves and currents splashed across this dusty area on Mars now known as the Jezero Crater. On a nascent earth, chemistry coagulated towards the exalted state we call life.Astronomers, philosophers and…

What is it like to land on Mars?Now you can watch as if you were there in captivating, high definition clarity.On Monday, NASA released a short video captured by the agency's spacecraft Perseverance as it fell through the Martian atmosphere…

When NASA's Perseverance rover fell through the Martian atmosphere last week, a video camera from the spacecraft captured the breakneck deployment of its parachute, adorned with patches of reddish orange and white.These spots were…

An image from the video captured by multiple cameras when NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.NASA / JPL-CaltechNASA on Monday released a unique video of a spacecraft landing on another planet when multiple cameras…

When the Perseverance rover lands on Mars on Thursday, another NASA spacecraft already there will be listening to the blow that will occur when the newcomer arrives.The hope is that these blows will cause enough shaking to be detected by…

The newest Martian, a robot named Perseverance, is alive and well after his first day and night on the red planet, NASA scientists and engineers said Friday. Members of the triumphant team that manages the spaceship were delighted as they…

TO UPDATE: NASA successful landed his Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Read more about it here.NASA is hours away from its most ambitious Mars mission to date. The US space agency will attempt to land the Perseverance rover…

NASA safely landed a new robotic rover on Mars Thursday and began its most ambitious endeavor in decades to directly investigate whether there ever was life on the now barren red planet.While the agency has completed other missions to Mars,…