14 February 2019
NASA says a final goodbye to Opportunity
... traveled more than 28 miles (45 kilometers) by the time it reached its most appropriate final resting spot on Mars – Perseverance Valley. "For more than a decade, Opportunity has been an icon in the field of planetary exploration, teaching us about...
12 November 2020
ESA and NASA to partner on Mars sample return mission
... drill and sample tubes that are among the cleanest hardware ever sent to space. Once on Mars, Perseverance will cache rock and soil samples in its collection tubes. It will then leave some of them on the...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... at least twenty-fold. In February 2021, the Perseverance rover touched down on Mars with the same limited landing...resources available on Mars from these precursor missions like the Perseverance and Curiousity rovers. They will need tools to conduct ...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... of the Mars20 and Tianwen-1 missions respectively, will take samples of Martian regolith and explore surface geology. Perseverance will look for signs of extant or present life; is it conceivable extremophiles may have existed or even exist today...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... are key to managing the risks associated with highly autonomous AI systems in space. AI technology supports the Perseverance Rover’s navigation across Mars, improving accuracy in unfamiliar terrain, helps it to autonomously plan and schedule tasks...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... is unlikely to be in a position to prospect for and mine underground 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...
