Perseverance Rover
Maybe Mars Didn’t Lose its Water After All. It’s Still Trapped on the Planet
Roughly 4 billion years ago, Mars looked a lot different than it does today. For starters, its atmosphere was thicker…
Perseverance Begins its Science on Mars With a Laser zap
Perseverance has already made its mark on scientific history by taking the first audio recording ever on Mars. But the…
More Audio from Perseverance: the Crunch of its Wheels on the Martian Regolith
In absence of (yet) being able to step foot on Mars, we have robotic vicarious experiences through our rovers including…
Perseverance’s Landing Site Named for Octavia Butler
The Perseverance rover's landing site was renamed the Octavia E. Butler Landing, in honor of the groundbreaking author who passed…
Perseverance has Started Driving on Mars
The Perservance rover has commenced science operations on Mars, which includes driving across the red sandy surface of Jezero Crater
Perseverance’s Landing Seen in Full Color, Thanks to Citizen Science
A month on, we’re all still buzzing about the Perseverance rover’s perfect landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, back on…
What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars?
It's a fair question, isn't it? What IF Perseverance finds evidence of life on Mars? What will the implications of…
What a Geologist Sees When They Look at Perseverance’s Landing Site
Geologists love fieldwork. They love getting their specialized hammers and chisels into seams in the rock, exposing unweathered surfaces and…
There was a Secret Code in the Perseverance Parachute
A secret coded message was hidden on the gigantic parachute used to land the Perseverance rover safely on the surface…
Since Perseverance is Searching for Life, What Will it Be Looking for?
You have to be careful what you say to people. When NASA or someone else says that the Perseverance rover…