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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is shown at its landing site in Jezero Crater in this view from the “Explore with Perseverance” 3D web experience. This interactive web tool features a 3D model of the rover on 3D landscape created from real images.
Take a 3D Spin on Mars and Track NASA's Perseverance Rover (NASA)Sept. 16, 2021
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows several craters in Arabia Terra that are filled with layered rock, often exposed in rounded mounds. The bright layers are roughly the same thickness, giving a stair-step appearance.
NASA Confirms Thousands of Massive, Ancient Volcanic Eruptions on Mars (NASA Goddard)Sept. 15, 2021
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
Justin Simon Shepherds Perseverance Through First Phase of Martian Rock Sampling (NASA JPL)Sept. 15, 2021
This Mastcam-Z image shows a sample of Mars rock inside the sample tube on Sept. 1, 2021 (the 190th sol, or Martian day, of the mission), shortly after the coring operation.
Sample Return from Mars Begins in EarnestSept. 13, 2021
Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples. The rover drilled the hole on the left, called “Montagnac,” Sept. 7, and the hole on the right, known as “Montdenier,” Sept. 1.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects Puzzle Pieces of Mars’ HistorySept. 10, 2021
NASA's MAVEN mission is observing the upper atmosphere of Mars to help understand climate change on the planet.
NASA Mars Mission Begins a New Chapter of Science With a New Leader (NASA Goddard)Sept. 9, 2021
Fully assembled and fully tested, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has completed its primary testing regimen and will soon begin shipment preparations.
NASA Readies James Webb Space Telescope for December Launch (NASA)Sept. 8, 2021
The drill hole from Perseverance’s second sample-collection attempt can be seen, in this composite of two images taken on Sept. 1, by one of the rover’s navigation cameras.
NASA to Host Briefing on Successful Sample Collection of Martian Rock (NASA JPL)Sept. 8, 2021
This sealed titanium sample tube contains Perseverance’s first cored sample of Mars rock. The rover’s Sampling and Caching System Camera (known as CacheCam) captured this image.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Collects First Mars Rock Sample (NASA)Sept. 7, 2021
This Sept. 1 image from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows a sample tube with its cored-rock contents inside. The bronze-colored outer-ring is the coring bit.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Successfully Cores Its First RockSept. 3, 2021
The gold-plated Sample Analysis on Mars contains three instruments that make the measurements of organics and methane.
Universal Life Detection: Astrobiology & Assembly TheorySept. 2, 2021
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill.
NASA’s Perseverance Plans Next Sample Attempt (NASA JPL)Aug. 26, 2021