NASA has named its Mars 2020 rover, “Perseverance,” as it prepares for launch this summer. The name is a result of a nationwide contest, which accepted more than 28,000 essays from K-12 ...

But to really get inside the designer’s head, executing a physical model, like this quarter-scale RC-controlled Perseverance rover, is a great way to go. If you’re looking for cutting-edge ...

Z camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the Martian moon Phobos as it eclipsed the sun. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech | ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has finally summitted the steep Martian crater where it landed more than three years ago to begin the next leg of its journey exploring the Red Planet. The arduous climb ...

In fact, this particular rock may even be one of a kind. It was discovered by NASA's Perseverance rover exploring the Jezero Crater on Mars, and we've never seen anything like it up there on the ...

In a lot of ways, Perseverance’s sample handling system is the rover’s raison d’être, and it’s the subject of this deep dive. NASA has done its usual admirable job of communicating with ...

While a closer examination of this green spot wasn’t possible, the Perseverance team hopes the rover will encounter similar formations in the future, allowing for a more detailed study of the ...

While it was active, it went from serving as a technology demonstrator to supporting the science mission of the on-going Perseverance rover by scouting the landscape ahead from above. The ...

1. The balanced rock and the ‘snake head’ NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a ... [+] pair of cameras located high on the rover ...