Following a short break for the July 4th holiday, Perseverance drove westward to a site called "Westport," where the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon arrive at its first stop during its arduous trek to the western edge of Jezero Crater.

The Skyfall concept reimagines Mars landings, deploying a six-helicopter swarm to autonomously scout for resources and future ...

Perseverance's more advanced landing system is aiming for a footprint three times smaller, 4.8 miles by 4.1 miles. Chen is optimistic Perseverance will stick the landing, but there are no guarantees.

Perseverance is far from the first robotic explorer to assess Mars’ habitability or hunt for martian life. In 1975, NASA’s Viking program sent a pair of probes — each consisting of an ...

Perseverance Means Facing the Unknown Throughout my own life, I’ve seen this over and over. My father showed perseverance when he chose to stay in Vietnam to keep fighting, even though he had no ...