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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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How did NASA's Martian rover come to land in a crater named after a tiny Balkan village?

By Robert Greenberg

The villagers apparently first dismissed this as fake news.

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The Perseverance rover may be on Mars, but there's a lot we already know about from meteorites on Earth

By James Scott

NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars Feb. 18, and has already begun beaming back images.

The wind-carved "Harbor Seal Rock," seen in the first 360-degree panorama taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, shows just how much detail is captured by the camera system.

'Harbor Seal Rock' on Mars and other new sights intrigue Perseverance rover scientists

By Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance rover has landed in a rich scientific hunting ground, if its first good look around is any guide.

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars is carrying an adorable 'family portrait' of Martian rovers

By Hanneke Weitering

NASA's Perseverance rover has brought the "family portrait" bumper sticker fad to a whole new world.

This image from one of the rear Hazard Cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, shows a smoke plume from the crashed descent stage that lowered the rover to the Martian surface. This image was taken within a minute or two after the rover landed on February 18, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover watched as its sky crane crashed on Mars (photo)

By Mike Wall

The Perseverance Mars rover's "sky crane" descent stage made the ultimate sacrifice last week, and we now have a photo to memorialize the flying robot's heroic death.

A portion of the panorama captured by the Mastcam-Z camera system aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The full panorama consists of 142 images taken on Feb. 21, 2021.

Perseverance rover snaps gorgeous HD panorama of Mars landing site

By Mike Wall

Perseverance has captured a high-definition, 360-degree panorama of its surroundings on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater, which harbored a lake and a river delta billions of years ago.

A raw image of the Martian surface below the Perseverance rover captured on Feb. 24, 2021, the fourth day of the mission.

Where to find the latest Mars photos from NASA's Perseverance rover

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA's most powerful rover yet is regularly sending back images from the Red Planet, and you can stay updated on the Perseverance mission's latest snapshots.

Space.com senior writer Chelsea Gohd took the first audio recorded on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover, and used it in composing a new song about the rover. This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

I wrote a song with the first Mars sounds recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover

By Chelsea Gohd

I wrote a song using the first audio ever recorded on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.

NASA Mars 2020 mission members hid a secret message in the parachute that landed Perseverance on the surface of Mars.

Internet sleuths solve secret message on Perseverance rover's Mars parachute

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA hid a secret message on the parachute that landed its Perseverance rover down on the surface of Mars last week.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover acquired this image on Feb. 22, 2021, using its Left Navigation Camera.

Listen to the Mars wind blow in these 1st sounds from the Perseverance rover

By Mike Wall

The recording, which features mechanical whirring from the Perseverance rover and the rustle of a Mars breeze, is the first true audio ever captured on the surface of Mars.

This is the first panorama image snapped by NASA's Perseverance rover. The image (which is made up of six images) was taken on Feb. 20, 2021.

Behold! The 1st panorama of Mars from the Perseverance rover

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA's Perseverance rover, which landed on the surface of Mars last Thursday (Feb. 18), just beamed down its first panoramic image of the Martian surface, the agency reported today (Feb. 22).

NASA's Perseverance rover lets go of its heat shield while descending to the surface of Mars.

Watch the Perseverance rover land on Mars in this epic first-of-its-kind video

By Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance rover has captured amazing first-of-its-kind video of its landing on Mars and recorded the first actual sounds of Martian wind.

This still from a White House video shows U.S. President Joe Biden watching NASA's broadcast of the successful Mars landing by the Perseverance rover on Feb. 18, 2021.

Watch President Biden call NASA to celebrate the Perseverance rover's Mars landing

By Elizabeth Howell

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are hailing NASA for the Perseverance rover's Mars landing success.

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

NASA will unveil dramatic video of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars today. Here's how to watch live.

By Elizabeth Howell

NASA will unveil video of the Perseverance rover as it landed on Mars as seen from the rover itself today (Feb. 22) and you can watch it live here.

An artist's depiction of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars.

The first helicopter on Mars phones home after Perseverance rover landing

By Elizabeth Howell

The first helicopter ever sent to another world is doing just fine on Mars after surviving a "seven minutes of terror" landing aboard NASA's Perseverance.

Red fireworks speckle the page when you Google "Perseverance rover."

Google 'Perseverance rover' today for a fun Mars landing surprise

By Chelsea Gohd

If you've been following the dramatic success of yesterday's Mars touchdown, you may have Googled "Perseverance rover" today (Feb. 19) and seen your page lighting up with fireworks.

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot.

Wow! See the Perseverance rover dangling above Mars in this amazing landing photo

By Mike Wall

NASA just released an image showing its Perseverance Mars rover dangling about 6.5 feet (2 meters) above the red dirt during its picture-perfect touchdown inside Jezero Crater yesterday (Feb. 18).

This is the first photo NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back to Earth after it landed on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021.

What's next for NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing success?

By Mike Wall

Great photos are just around the corner, but it'll likely be a few months before Perseverance really starts sinking its teeth into its science work.

Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The team is masked and distanced with accordance to COVID-19 safety precautions.

We did it: Celebrating a Mars rover landing in the time of COVID-19

By Chelsea Gohd

After a year of seemingly endless obstacles and challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic, something good finally happened: NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

President Biden hails successful Mars landing of NASA's Perseverance rover

By Tariq Malik

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are hailing NASA for the Perseverance rover's Mars landing success.