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 ...

For the past few months, the clean room floor in High Bay 1 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been covered in parts, components and test equipment for the Mars 2020 ...

The Ingenuity helicopter from the Mars 2020 mission far exceeded its original mission of simply demonstrating controlled ...

Nearly two years since the Mars 2020 mission first launched, the robot astrobiologist known as Perseverance has given us a novel and sometimes surprising look at the Red Planet. Outfitted with a ...

Editor's note: NASA's Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars on Feb. 18. Read the full story here. The landing of NASA's next Mars rover is now just days away. The car-size Perseverance ...

There's a rocket-powered sky crane involved. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Update for Feb. 18: NASA's Perseverance rover has ...

Mars 2020 Entry, Descent, and Landing lead Allen Chen, left, and Guidance, Navigation and Controls Operations lead Swati Mohan, right. (Images: NASA JPL) Read full article: Listen for these NASA ...

A class that combined physics and calculus supercharged Moogega Cooper’s love of science, helping set the path to her crucial role as planetary protection lead of NASA’s 2020 mission to Mars. And ...

At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, there’s a special name for the time it will take the Mars Perseverance spacecraft to travel from the top of the Martian atmosphere ...