As the two-year landing anniversary of NASA’s Perseverance rover and its small scouting helicopter Ingenuity draws near, the pair continue to explore Jezero Crater and unlock the many secrets of the red planet.
Perseverance recently completed a significant milestone as part of an effort to one day return Martian samples to Earth. Meanwhile, Ingenuity continues to defy all expectations as it flies and scouts areas of interest for Perseverance to explore.
Since the focus on Martian exploration ramped up in the mid-1990s, most of the familiarity…
NASA’s InSight lander, formally known as the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat…
On Dec. 21, 2022, NASA announced that its InSight lander mission on Mars had ended…
After successfully landing on Mars on August 6, 2012 (UTC), Curiosity continues to unlock the…
On July 27, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled new advanced mission architecture…
Impulse Space has announced that the company will launch the first commercial payload to Mars…
In May 2022, members of NASA’s InSight Mars lander team announced that power levels on…
It’s an ask never before attempted: Launch samples off the surface of another planet for…
In late April, Perseverance and Ingenuity arrived at the edge of Jezero Crater’s ancient river…
Right now, several methane-fueled rockets are in a race to orbit. With Starship from SpaceX,…
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been scouring Gale Crater and the slopes of Mount Sharp…
After the successful launch of three new Mars missions in the summer of 2020, Mars…
On October 2, 2021, all actively operating spacecraft at Mars ceased major communication with Earth…
SpaceX’s engine testing facility on 4,300 acres of land in McGregor, Texas, just south of…
Following an unsuccessful sample collection attempt in early August, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has successfully…
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos are preparing for the 2022 launch of the…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently attempted its first-ever sample collection of the Martian surface on…
On July 24, 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully completed its 10th and most daring…
Since Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars on November 14, 1971, NASA has been continuously…
