NASA’s next Mars rover has passed its first driving test. A preliminary assessment of its activities on Dec. 17, 2019, found that the rover checked all the necessary boxes as it rolled forward and ...

After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the ...

A Martian rock that could hold the signs of life is exciting scientists like Katie Stack Morgan, a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the deputy project scientist of the Mars 2020 ...

Nicolas Randazzo is proud of his unusual title: Mars 2020 Perseverance rover postdoctoral scientist. He’s based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, where he works with meteorite ...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s ...

This video explores NASA's successful transportation of their latest rover to Mars in 2020, highlighting the process and technology involved.

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