Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science
2020年7月30日 · 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.
Perseverance (rover) - Wikipedia
In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered “leopard spots” on a reddish rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" in Mars’ Jezero Crater, that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but further research is needed.
Perseverance Rover Location Map - NASA Science
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater, an area with an ancient delta, on Feb. 18, 2021. Scroll and pan around this map to see the rover’s latest location and traverse path, as it seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of Mars rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for potential future return to Earth.
Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Science
The Mars Perseverance rover is the first leg of NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return Campaign’s interplanetary relay team. Its job is to collect and cache samples on Mars. A Sample Retrieval Lander would land near or in Jezero Crater, bringing a small rocket on which the samples collected by Perseverance would be loaded.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reaches Top of Jezero Crater Rim
2024年12月12日 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed for the agency by Caltech, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.
Perseverance Rover - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
2020年7月30日 · Perseverance is investigating Jezero Crater – a region of Mars where the ancient environment may have been favorable for microbial life – probing the Martian rocks for evidence of past life. The rover carries an entirely new subsystem to collect and prepare Martian rocks and sediment samples that includes a coring drill on its arm and a ...
7 Things to Know About the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission - NASA
2020年7月8日 · In less than a month, NASA expects to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Loaded with scientific instruments, advanced computational capabilities for landing, and other new systems, the Perseverance rover is the largest, heaviest, most sophisticated vehicle NASA has ever sent to the Red Planet.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sees Mars in a New Light
2023年7月20日 · A cutting-edge instrument called SHERLOC, which hunts for molecules potentially related to ancient life, played a key role in a recent study. In its first 400 days on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover may have found a diverse collection of organics – carbon-based molecules considered the building blocks of life – thanks to SHERLOC, an innovative instrument on the rover’s robotic arm.
Perseverance Rover Updates - NASA Science
View raw images sent back by Perseverance from its explorations on Mars. These updates are provided by self-selected Mars 2020 mission team members who love to share what Perseverance is doing with the public.
Mars 2020 Perseverance Landing Press Kit | Perseverance Rover
Perseverance will be the fifth rover NASA has sent to Mars. Each of these rovers has carried cameras and other instruments to study the Martian surface. As opposed to stationary landers, like InSight and Phoenix, rovers can drive into craters, up slopes, and along sand dunes, allowing scientists and engineers to more fully explore the planet.