Perseverance Rover | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Jul 30, 2020 · The Perseverance Mars rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science
Jul 30, 2020 · NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.
Perseverance Rover Components - NASA Science
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover chronicles major milestones during the final minutes of its entry, descent and landing (EDL) on the Red Planet on Feb. 18 as the spacecraft plummeted, parachuted, and rocketed toward the surface of Mars.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian …
Aug 14, 2024 · NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will soon begin a monthslong ascent up the western rim of Jezero Crater that is likely to include some of the steepest and most challenging terrain the rover has encountered to date.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Looks Back While Climbing Slippery …
Oct 28, 2024 · NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a steeply sloping route up Jezero Crater’s western wall with the aim of cresting the rim in early December. During the climb, the rover snapped not only a sweeping view of Jezero Crater’s interior, but also imagery of the tracks it left after some wheel slippage along the way.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
Dec 15, 2021 · Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that the bedrock their six-wheeled explorer has been driving on since landing in February likely formed from red-hot magma. The discovery has implications for understanding and accurately dating critical events in the history of Jezero Crater – as well as the rest of the ...
Perseverance (rover) - Wikipedia
Perseverance, [2] is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC. [3] Confirmation that the rover successfully landed on Mars was received on February 18, 2021, at 20:55 UTC.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Set to Begin Third Year at Jezero Crater
Feb 17, 2023 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
Jun 9, 2021 · NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z imaging system to capture this 360-degree panorama of “Van Zyl Overlook,” where the rover was parked as the Ingenuity helicopter performed its first flights.
Rover Basics - NASA Science
The wheel's secret message is Morse code for JPL, short for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the rover was built and the mission is managed. Its "footprint" left on the Martian surface is an homage to the rover's builders and an important reference mark that the rover can use to drive more precisely via a visual ...