Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago.
Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity - NASA Science
NASA’s twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, landed on Mars on Jan. 3 and Jan. 24, 2004 PST (Jan. 4 and Jan. 25 UTC). The rovers were planned as 90-day missions to search for geological clues regarding environmental conditions on early Mars, and assess whether those environments were conducive to life.
Sol 4120: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) – NASA Mars Exploration
This image was taken by Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4120 (2024-03-09 07:40:09 UTC). NASA’s real-time portal for Mars exploration, featuring the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.
Sol 1315: Mast Camera (Mastcam) – NASA Mars Exploration
This image was taken by Mast Camera (Mastcam) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 1315 (2016-04-18 05:38:18 UTC). NASA’s real-time portal for Mars exploration, featuring the latest news, images, and discoveries from the Red Planet.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science - NASA Mars …
Jul 30, 2020 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
3 days ago · Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.
New Interactive Mosaic Uses NASA Imagery to Show Mars in Vivid …
Apr 5, 2023 · Both scientists and the public can navigate a new global image of the Red Planet that was made at Caltech using data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Cliffsides, impact craters, and dust devil tracks are captured in mesmerizing detail in a new mosaic of the Red Planet composed of 110,000 images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance ...
New Study Challenges Long-Held Theory of Fate of Mars’ Water
Mar 16, 2021 · Billions of years ago, according to geological evidence, abundant water flowed across Mars and collected into pools, lakes, and deep oceans. New NASA-funded research shows a substantial quantity of its water – between 30 and 99% – is trapped within minerals in the planet’s crust, challenging the current theory that due to the Red Planet ...
New Year, New Images from Mars! - NASA Science - NASA Mars …
Jan 25, 2024 · The year is 2024 on Earth, and Year 37 on Mars, and the Perseverance rover is continuing its exploration of the carbonate-rich terrain of the Margin Unit in Jezero Crater.
NASA’s InSight Reveals the Deep Interior of Mars - NASA
Jul 22, 2021 · Before NASA’s InSight spacecraft touched down on Mars in 2018, the rovers and orbiters studying the Red Planet concentrated on its surface. The stationary lander’s seismometer has changed that, revealing details about the planet’s deep interior for the first time.