08 September 2021
Success! Perseverance collects its first Mars rock sample
... Larry D. James, interim director of JPL. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is to be the first of its type ... have filled as many as eight tubes. After that, Perseverance will head towards the location of its second science campaign:...
17 February 2021
Perseverance due to land on Mars tomorrow!
...before touchdown. It’s important to note that the rover can land safely on Mars without communications with Earth: Perseverance has pre-programmed landing instructions and significant autonomy. Additional communication passes are planned in the hours...
18 February 2021
Success for NASA as Perseverance lands on Mars
... require extraordinary evidence, and the discovery that life existed elsewhere in the universe would certainly be extraordinary.” Perseverance is also kitted out with a laser to zap rock and regolith. Called SuperCam the instrument will study...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
... on Earth,” the Mars rover Twitter account said. To extract samples, a process which is autonomous from beginning to end, Perseverance uses a hollow coring bit and a percussive drill at the end of its 2-metre-long (7-foot-long) robotic...
30 July 2020
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully blasts off to Mars
... the geology and climate of Mars, and to pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon. Perseverance will also carry a separate technology experiment to the martian surface — a 1.8 kilogram helicopter or “marscopter” named Ingenuity, that...
23 February 2021
NASA releases first audio recording of Mars and stunning landing video of Perseverance
...Later this week, control teams at JPL will command Perseverance to switch to a new software program governing the ...as soon as this weekend. NASA is also releasing raw images from Perseverance on a JPL website. As of Monday evening, more than 4,600...
