Mars - NASA Science
This animated orbital-map view shows the route NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has taken since its February 2021 landing at Jezero Crater to July 2024, when it took its “Cheyava Falls” sample. As of October 2024, the rover has driven over 30 kilometers (18.65 miles), and has collected 24 samples of rock and regolith as well as one air sample.
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
Mars Perseverance Raw Images. Cameras onboard the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Thumbnails are reduced-resolution versions of the original full-size images, occasionally used by the mission team to prioritize downlinks of the larger images. Movie frames are full-size images from Mastcam-Z captured in video mode, plus some similar frames from EDL ...
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science - NASA Mars …
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
Oct 5, 2024 · Week 2. (Feb. 21 - 27, 2021) Week 1. (Feb. 14 - 20, 2021) Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. This image was acquired on April 6, 2024 (Sol 1112) at the local mean solar time of 12:23:05. NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the ...
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
Nov 2, 2024 · NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving. This image was acquired on April 16, 2023 (Sol 766) at the local mean solar time of 15:59:48. NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity ...
'Live' Images from Mars at Camera Web Site - NASA Mars …
NASA’s real-time portal for Mars exploration, featuring the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.
Mars Mission Timeline - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration
NASA's Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars on July 30, 2020 by successfully launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a ULA Atlas V rocket. It began its seven-month journey to the Red Planet, landing there on Feb. 18, 2021. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Mars: Facts - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to roam the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago. Mars was named by the Romans for their god of war because its reddish color ...
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive
Aug 5, 2022 · Ten years ago today, a jetpack lowered NASA’s Curiosity rover onto the Red Planet, beginning the SUV-size explorer’s pursuit of evidence that, billions of years ago, Mars had the conditions needed to support microscopic life. Since then, Curiosity has driven nearly 18 miles (29 kilometers) and ascended 2,050 feet (625 meters) as it explores ...