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Perseverance Mars rover

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. The new rover will search for signs of habitable environments on Mars and evidence of past microbial life. It will also cache samples of the Red Planet to return to Earth for a future Mars sample-return mission. See the latest news about NASA's Perseverance Mars rover here!

Related topics: Mars, Curiosity rover, ExoMars

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shadow of helicopter on ground of mars in black and white

Don't panic: Ingenuity helicopter reaches 42 flights on Mars

By Elizabeth Howell published 8 February 23

As Ingenuity scouts for Mars sample return, NASA says the milestone flight and larger Perseverance rover mission represents 'the meaning of life, the universe and everything.'

ingenuity helicopter's shadow on the surface of mars in a black and white photo

Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars over Perseverance rover tracks on 41st flight

By Elizabeth Howell published 31 January 23

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flew for the 41st time on Mars Jan. 27, going out and back again with 600 feet (183 meters) of flight distance over 109 seconds.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie looking down at one of 10 sample tubes deposited at the sample depot it created in an area nicknamed Three Forks. This image was taken by the WATSON camera on the rover’s robotic arm on Jan. 20, 2023, the 684th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Perseverance Mars rover stashes final sample, completing Red Planet depot

By Mike Wall published 30 January 23

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just dropped its 10th sample tube, completing a backup depot of material for future return to Earth.

Perseverance, seen here in a selfie shot by its robotic arm, might not be able to detect biomarkers on the Martian surface.

Perseverance Mars rover files 1st detailed weather report

By Keith Cooper published 25 January 23

The weather station on NASA's Perseverance rover has chronicled the meteorology above Jezero Crater.

One of the sample tubes dropped by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover at a storage location in Jezero Crater.

Perseverance Mars rover's samples will be curated at new NASA office in Houston

By Robert Lea published 24 January 23

Material collected by the Perseverance rover will be handled at the Mars Sample Receiving Project office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured this image with its navigation camera on Jan. 19, 2023, during its 40th Red Planet flight.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 40th Red Planet flight

By Mike Wall published 20 January 23

NASA's tiny Ingenuity helicopter flew for the 40th time on Mars Thursday (Jan. 19), covering about 584 feet (178 meters) of ground during a 92-second sortie.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this photo of the Ingenuity helicopter resting on a sand dune on the Red Planet. The Perservance team posted this photo on Twitter on Jan. 11, 2023.

Mars rover Perseverance spots Ingenuity helicopter resting on sand dune (photo)

By Mike Wall published 13 January 23

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snapped a photo recently of its robotic cousin Ingenuity as the tiny helicopter rested on a Red Planet sand dune.

NASA's Perseverance rover took this selfie on Mars on Sept. 20, 2021.

Perseverance rover marks 1 Mars year on Red Planet

By Mike Wall published 6 January 23

NASA's Perseverance rover is wrapping up its prime mission after 687 Earth days on the Red Planet.

Perseverance Mars rover's sample cache now 40% complete

By Tereza Pultarova published 5 January 23

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has dropped its fourth rock sample tube at a location in Jezero Crater, meaning its first backup sample depot is now 40% complete.

Photo of Mars rover Perseverance's second sample tube on the Martian surface in rover's shadow

Perseverance rover drops 2nd sample tube on Mars, its biggest early Christmas present yet for 2033

By Tariq Malik published 24 December 22

NASA's Perseverance rover successfully dropped its second rock sample tube on the Martian surface, its longest sample yet.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover sample tubes look like Star Wars lightsabers

By Elizabeth Howell published 22 December 22

The design of the sample return tubes carried by NASA's Perseverance rover looks suspiciously like a 'Star Wars' lightsaber, inspiring one NASA director to joke about using the Force on Mars.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover just dropped its 1st sample on the Martian surface

By Elizabeth Howell published 21 December 22

NASA's Perseverance rover collected this tube's sample from a Mars region rich in organics. Scientists soon will scrutinize tubes like this for signatures of life.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured this photo with its navigation camera on Dec. 17, 2022, during its 37th Red Planet flight.

Ingenuity Mars helicopter tests new software on 37th Red Planet flight (video)

By Mike Wall published 21 December 22

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 37th time on Saturday (Dec. 17), acing a hop designed in part to test the capabilities of its new software.

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, seen here in a selfie shot by a camera on its robotic arm, has been exploring the Red Planet's Jezero Crater since February 2021.

Perseverance Mars rover to start caching samples for future return to Earth

By Mike Wall published 16 December 22

NASA's Perseverance rover is set to cache its first Mars sample in the next few days, kicking off a roughly month-long process that will see the robot drop 10 tubes of Red Planet material.

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured this photo on Dec. 10, 2022, during its 36th Red Planet flight.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 36th Red Planet flight

By Mike Wall published 15 December 22

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter made its 36th off-Earth flight on Saturday (Dec. 10), staying aloft for just over a minute.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian surface as seen by the Perseverance rover.

Space helicopters will help us explore Mars and other worlds. Here's how.

By Rebecca Sohn published 14 December 22

When NASA scientists were planning the Mars Perseverance mission, they decided to try something new: Instead of just sending a rover, they'd also send up a small helicopter.

A dust devil swirls across the landscape in Jezero Crater.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover records 1st-ever audio of Red Planet dust devil

By Keith Cooper published 13 December 22

Perseverance has captured the sound of dust grains impacting the NASA rover, and the recording could be key to understanding how dust is transported around Mars.