A NASA rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilized life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA's Perseverance rover is ... Read More

NASA to overhaul mission returning samples from Mars—here's why it must and will go ahead

NASA recently announced that it is seeking new ways to complete the return to Earth of rock cores drilled by the Perseverance Rover in the Jezero Crater on Mars. This has led to some anxiety among ... Read More

Mars News

The findings can give scientists clues to the conditions ... Rover's Samples Jan. 26, 2024 — Ground-penetrating radar on board NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has confirmed that the Jezero Crater ... Read More

NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life

NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alien life. Bringing them to Earth got too expensive. Read More

NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth

(AP) — NASA’s plan ... he said at a news conference. NASA’s rover Perseverance already has gathered 24 core samples in tubes since landing in 2021 at Mars’ Jezero Crater, an ancient ... Read More

Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights

Related: Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down with NASA's Perseverance rover inside Mars' Jezero Crater in ... operating as a weather station and ... Read More