Scientists expect the new area of interest on the lower slope of Jezero Crater’s rim to offer up some of the oldest rocks on the Red Planet.

NASA’s Perseverance explores Fallbreen and Forlandet to study ancient rocks and uncover Mars’ early geologic history.

Along for the ride with Perseverance is an experiment to fly a helicopter, called Ingenuity, on another planet for the first time. During the landing coverage, NASA’s mission control team will ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently paused ... layered bedrock. Already, the Perseverance team operating the rover from southern California have found signs of unusual geology.

Once NASA's Perseverance rover lands on the Red Planet today (Feb. 18), its mission team will return to a time-honored tradition of planetary exploration — living on "Mars time." Controllers at ...

“These spots are a big surprise,” said David Flannery, member of the NASA Perseverance science team and an astrobiologist at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, in a statement.

who is playing a vital role in NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Mission,” President Nez said. “We are excited for the NASA team and for Aaron and we see him as being a great role model who will ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover ... our rover is in excellent condition, and the team is raring to see what’s on the roof of this place.” Perseverance is likely to encounter some of the steepest ...

This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future astronauts on Mars’ surface." ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is negotiating a ... The rover captured the view near a location the team calls "Faraway Rock," at about the halfway point in its climb up the crater wall.