NASA wants to return Mars samples to Earth, but budget problems and technical woes have the mission caught between a rock and ...

Jezero Crater is the home of NASA's Perseverance rover. See a bird's-eye view of the crater with this animated flyover created using data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter and the Mars Reconnaissance ...

Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to the top of the Jezero Crater, where it originally landed. The milestone ...

Mars’ Jezero Crater is full of surprises. Scientists were caught off guard by recent findings during the Perseverance rover ...

Ingenuity, NASA’s Mars Helicopter, surpassed expectations as the first aircraft to operate on another planet. Despite being designed for five test flights over 30 days, it completed 72 flights across ...

Perseverance, NASA’s Mars rover, has completed a daring ascent of Jezero Crater's rim, tackling steep grades and rugged ...

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission and Purdue University planetary scientist Briony Horgan are approaching a new phase in the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover reveals Mars isn’t entirely red, capturing blue rocks suggesting ancient lakes, water activity, and ...

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The "Mars Chopper" as NASA is calling it, appears bulkier compared to its predecessor and has a greater payload capacity.