The agency’s six-wheeled geologist took a self-portrait during its survey of an ancient landscape that may predate the formation of Jezero Crater itself.
This photo was selected by public vote and featured as “Image of the Week” for Week 240 (Sept. 14 – 20, 2025) of the Perseverance rover mission on Mars.
The imaging team of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took advantage of clear skies on the Red Planet to capture one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far.
In addition to drilling rock core samples, the science team has been grinding its way into rocks to make sense of the scientific evidence hiding just below the surface.
This image shows a cylinder of rock the size of a piece of classroom chalk inside the drill of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The sample, dubbed “Green Gardens,” was taken […]
Last week the Perseverance Science Team were astonished by a strange rock comprised of hundreds of millimeter-sized spheres and the team are now working hard to understand their origin.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover continues to live up to its name, pushing forward in search of ancient Martian secrets. Following a brief period of system verification and remote testing, […]
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this 360-degree panorama of an area nicknamed “Rio Chiquito” on Nov. 23, 2024, the 1,337th Martian day, or sol, of […]
The 14 frames used to generate the mosaic were acquired on Oct. 18, 2024, the 1,302nd Martian day, or sol, of Perseverance’s mission.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover discovered fine-grained clastic sedimentary rocks in the “Hogwallow Flats” member of the “Shenandoah” formation at Jezero crater, Mars.
