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 ...

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 ...

An illustration of the Mars 2020 spacecraft entering the atmosphere minutes before landing the rover Perseverance on the Martian surface Feb. 18. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA’s Mars 2020 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mars 2020 rover Perseverance will arrive at the Red Planet this week, and NASA has several ways for kids to get involved ahead of its landing today (Feb. 18). Perseverance earned its official ...