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Technicians working on the Mars 2020 rover at JPL install the rover motor controller assembly, the electrical heart of the rover's mobility and motion systems.
Rover Getting Set to Motor
We need many things for our Journey To Mars, but one key piece is YOU!
We Need You!
Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission traveled to the Australian Outback to hone their research techniques before their missions launch to the Red Planet...
Clues for Mars in the Australian Outback
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses the successful completion of the Opportunity Mars rover mission during a news briefing at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California...
NASA Administrator and Mars
This series of images shows the Martian moon Phobos as it crossed in front of the Sun, as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 (Sol 2359).
Curiosity Observes Phobos Eclipse: Sol 2359
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows spider-like formations at the Martian South Pole. They form when heating from the springtime Sun causes carbon dioxide beneath the surface t...
Jamming with the 'Spiders' from Mars
Mars is experiencing large regional dust storms over its northern hemisphere during the past week.
The Martian Dust Storm of June 2018
This stereo scene from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows part of "Marathon Valley," a destination on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, as seen from an overlook north of the valley.
Mars 'Marathon Valley' Overlook, in Stereo
Anniversary artwork of NASA Viking 1 and Viking 2 Landers and Orbiters. Infographic text: The Spirit of 76. Mars Viking. A True Pioneer. #viking40
Viking 40 Year Anniversary Artwork: Spirit of 76 Bicentennial
Interact with this 3D model of Deimos.
Deimos - Mars Moon, 3D Model
On June 21, 2019, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory install the main robotic arm on the Mars 2020 rover.
At Arm's Length
The Mast Unit for Mars 2020's SuperCam, shown being tested here, will use a laser to vaporize and study rock material on the Red Planet's surface.
SuperCam's Mast Unit Being Tested at Los Alamos National Laboratory
This calibration target for Mars 2020's SHERLOC instrument includes five samples of spacesuit material, the first to ever be flown to the Red Planet. By studying how these samples degrade in the Ma...
Spacesuit Material Going to Mars
A hill with a V-shaped collapse structure, two craters and a circular fracture pattern — possibly the remains of a buried impact crater — appear to form the face of a bear on the Mars surface. This...
A Bear Lookalike on Mars
Seasons change even on Mars and NASA's fleet of explorers are helping scientists learn more about the effects on the Red Planet.
Mars Report: How's the Weather on Mars?
Engineers at JPL install a sensor-filled turret on the end of the rover's seven-foot-long (2.1-meter-long) robotic arm. The image was taken on July 11, 2019.
Attaching Mars 2020's Turret
This colorful image acquired on May 21, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows clays within the Eridania basin region. A large lake may have once existed here.
Clays in the Eridania Basin
Graphic illustrating the MAVEN spacecraft encountering plasma layers at Mars.
Artist's Concept of MAVEN Encountering Plasma Layers at Mars
This DLE [double layer ejecta] crater formed at the edge of an older/pre-existing crater, the rim of which deflected some of its ejecta.
Double Layer Ejecta in an Arabia Region Crater (3-D)
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to view Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, on Jan. 12, 2022, the 319th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
Perseverance Views Phobos
Engineers attached NASA's Mars Helicopter to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover on Aug. 27, 2019, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Mars Helicopter Installed on Mars 2020 Rover
This mosaic was stitched together using images from the Navigation Camera, or Navcam, on NASA's Opportunity rover. The scene shows the rover's tracks made in Perseverance Valley between Sols 5,000 ...
Opportunity's Tracks in Perseverance Valley
Download a PDF of the Explore Mars Sticker.
Explore Mars Sticker
Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, "marsquakes?" And what could they teach us about the Red Planet? Find out more in this 60-second video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Mars in a Minute: Are There Quakes on Mars?
On Sept. 7 NASA’s ASPIRE project broke a record when its rocket-launched parachute deployed in 4-10ths of a second - the fastest inflation of this size chute in history.
Testing a Parachute for Mars
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The agency established the board in May 2023 to evaluate the technical, cost, and schedule plans prior to confirmation of the mission’s design.
NASA Releases Independent Review's Mars Sample Return Report
A pair of quakes in 2021 sent seismic waves deep into the Red Planet’s core, giving scientists the best data yet on its size and composition.
NASA InSight Study Provides Clearest Look Ever at Martian Core
Ten sample tubes, capturing an amazing variety of Martian geology, have been deposited on Mars’ surface so they could be studied on Earth in the future.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Completes Mars Sample Depot
Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
The mission has concluded that the solar-powered lander has run out of energy after more than four years on the Red Planet.
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science
The 10 sample tubes being dropped on Mars’ surface so they can be studied on Earth in the future carry an amazing diversity of Red Planet geology.
NASA's Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot