23 April 2021
Mars rover instrument, MOXIE, extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
... from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the...
19 April 2021
Success for NASA as Ingenuity makes the first ever powered, controlled flight on Mars
... had been received. All the data looks healthy, the mission team said. After a few minutes anxious wait, applause... have been thinking for so long about having our Wright brothers moment on Mars, and here it is,” Aung said. “We will take a moment to ...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
...’s InSight lander has also been unable to dig down below the surface as planned. “I have been on every Mars rover mission since the beginning, and this planet is always teaching us what we don’t know about it,” said Trosper...
08 September 2021
Success! Perseverance collects its first Mars rock sample
...was imaged by the rover's instruments and later confirmed by mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern ... director of JPL. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is to be the first of its type to cache Martian ...
13 March 2019
'Marscopter' to accompany rover on Mars 2020 mission
.... We're in luck then, as NASA has built one ready in time for the Mars 2020 mission. Designed to fly as high as 4.5 metres (15 feet) above the ground, the Mars helicopter – or "Marscopter – weighs just under two kilograms (four pounds) and is the...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search, during which every available detail of more than 60 candidate locations on the Red ...
