07 April 2021
Ingenuity survives first cold martian night on its own
... surface, Ingenuity remained attached to the belly of the rover, receiving power from Perseverance, which touched down at Jezero Crater on 18 February. The rover serves as a communications relay between Ingenuity and Earth, and it will use its suite...
03 August 2020
Mars was cold and icy, not warm and wet, new study says
... mission which sent the agency’s newest rover, Percy, to Jezero Crater in order to collect samples which scientists hope might contain traces of extinct microbial life. Jezero Crater is located on the western edge of Isidis Planitia, a giant impact...
23 February 2021
NASA releases first audio recording of Mars and stunning landing video of Perseverance
... off-the-shelf device survived the highly dynamic descent to the surface and obtained sounds from Jezero Crater on 20 February. About 10 seconds into the 60-second recording, a Martian breeze is audible for a few seconds, as are mechanical...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
...remnants of a river delta and climb to the rim of Jezero Crater. However, to most outside observers, the fact that China landed...to fly from the landing site to a nearby, permanently dark, crater to explore for traces of water. In 2028, Chang’e-8 will ...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... water. Here, NASA has come to the rescue. The Perseverance Mars rover is exploring an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater. It carries a small add-on payload called MOXIE (for Mars oxygen in situ resource utilisation experiment) and, for...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
... times to Mars, and to land in February 2021. The 3 metre long rover will navigate Mars’ 45 kilometre wide Jezero Crater, once a river delta, examining the terrain with instruments to detect the mineral content of the surface, and...
