NASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars
Jan 7, 2025 · NASA is expected to confirm the program – and its design – in the second half of 2026. “Pursuing two potential paths forward will ensure that NASA is able to bring these samples back from Mars with significant cost and schedule saving compared to the previous plan,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech
Jan 21, 2025 · Credit: NASA. Since then, research has been abundant, and in the fall of 2024, teams from NASA Glenn traveled to Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage, United Kingdom, to test NASA’s innovative SMA spring tires. Testing took place at the Airbus Mars Yard — an enclosed facility created to simulate the harsh conditions of Martian terrain.
What ‘Perseverance’ Means on Mars and for Our NASA Family
Jan 24, 2025 · The Mars 2020 rover team has truly embodied the rover’s namesake — from working together to launch the Perseverance rover during a global pandemic, to navigating the impact of the recent California wildfires. Over the last month, members of the rover’s family at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech have faced many challenges due ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers a Surprise in a Martian Rock
Jul 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 crystalline textures — and elemental sulfur — inside.
Mars - NASA Science
Jan 23, 2025 · Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover. NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.
Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars
Dec 20, 2024 · Martian spring involves lots of cracking ice, which led to this 66-foot-wide (20-meter-wide) chunk of carbon dioxide frost captured in freefall by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2015.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover News & Features - NASA Science
Nov 4, 2024 · Mars rovers can only make exciting new discoveries thanks to human scientists making careful decisions about their next stop. The Mars 2020 mission is aimed at exploring the geology of Jezero Crater and seeking signs of ancient microbial life on…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock
Jul 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 …
Reaching New Heights to Unravel Deep Martian History! - Science@NASA
Sep 16, 2024 · The key to understanding the past, present or future potential for life on Mars can be found in NASA’s four… National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of …
NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust …
Dec 16, 2024 · NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) caught a glimpse of the agency’s retired InSight lander recently, documenting the accumulation of dust on the spacecraft’s solar panels. In the new image taken Oct. 23 by MRO’s High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, InSight’s solar panels have acquired the same reddish ...