Mars: News & Features - NASA Science
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Get the latest news releases, features, findings, and stories about the missions on Mars from NASA Science. Learn how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The Perseverance rover is the first step of the campaign, a joint effort by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) that seeks to bring scientifically selected samples back from Mars to be studied on Earth with lab equipment far more complex than could be sent to the Red Planet.
NASA Scientists Re-Create Mars ‘Spiders’ in a Lab for First Time
WEBSep 11, 2024 · The leading theory is that the spiders are created by processes involving carbon dioxide ice, which doesn’t occur naturally on Earth. Thanks to experiments detailed in a new paper published in The Planetary Science Journal, scientists have, for the first time, re-created those formation processes in simulated Martian temperatures and air ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
WEBJul 18, 2024 · NASA’s Curiosity captured this close-up image of a rock nicknamed “Snow Lake” on June 8, 2024, the 4,209th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Nine days earlier, the rover had crushed a similar-looking rock and revealed …
Mars - NASA Science
WEBGet the latest updates on NASA's robotic explorers, missions, and discoveries on Mars. Learn about the Red Planet's history, climate, potential life, and human exploration goals.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Long Climb Up Martian …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Perseverance is a robotic rover that landed on Mars in 2021 and has been collecting rock samples and imagery. It will soon begin a new science campaign to climb the crater rim and investigate ancient rocks and sediments that could reveal clues about Mars' history and potential life.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
WEBDec 15, 2021 · The rover mission has discovered that the rocks in Jezero Crater formed from red-hot magma and contain organic molecules. These findings could help date and understand the history of water and life on Mars.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover News & Features - NASA Science
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Find out the latest news and features about the Mars 2020 mission, which will launch the Perseverance rover to explore the Red Planet. Learn about the rover's instruments, goals, and challenges in this section of NASA Science website.
NASA’s Perseverance rover begins key search for life on Mars
WEBJun 2, 2022 · More than 15 months after landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally begun its hunt for ancient life in earnest. On 28 May, Perseverance ground a...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock
WEBJul 25, 2024 · A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” by the team, the arrowhead-shaped rock contains fascinating traits that may bear on the question of whether Mars was home to microscopic life in the distant past.
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