NASA's latest update on Perseverance shows how the Mars rover is holding up after five years and what that means for future ...

According to NASA, the rover’s landing was the most challenging touchdown on Mars that’s been attempted by the agency. Right before the landing, NASA engineers were on pins and needles as the rover ...

NASA released a new video Monday from last week’s historic landing of the rover Perseverance on Mars. “These are the stuff of our dreams. It’s what we’ve been dreaming about,” Al Chen, Perseverance ...

3:53 p.m.: Perseverance parachute has deployed to help control its descent to Mars. The spacecraft is now traveling at subsonic speeds. Here goes! Lighting the engines on my “jetpack” for final ...

Mars has hosted a surprising number of robotic visitors, yet the question of where humans should touch down remains wide open. As engineers refine maps of potential Mars landing sites, one location ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

Last week, humanity made a major leap towards resolving the age-old question: Was there life on Mars? With bated breath, the world witnessed NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover successfully land on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's Perseverance mission spotted a possible large meteorite, called Phippsaksla, in September ...

Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.