Mars Samples
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches the Top Rim of the Jezero Crater
In 2018, NASA mission planners selected the Jezero Crater as the future landing site of the Perseverance rover. This crater…
1 week ago
Grabbing Samples from the Surface of Mars
As if the Mars Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Drone were not exciting enough then the next step in this audacious…
10 months ago
ExoMars is Back on Track for Mars in 2028
The ExoMars Rover mission is back on track for its mission to Mars, but Russia won't be a part of…
2 years ago
How are Mars Rocks Getting “Shocked” by Meteorite Impacts?
A new NASA study shows how samples obtained by Perseverance could have been shaped by asteroid impacts when Mars was…
2 years ago
How Will NASA and ESA Handle Mars Samples When They Get Them Back to Earth?
We've learned a lot about Mars in recent years. Multiple orbiters and hugely-successful rover missions have delivered a cascade of…
6 years ago