NASA's Perseverance Rover Touches Down on Red Planet: Five Things You Didn't Know about Mars Mission
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Perseverance Rover Touches Down on Red Planet: Five Things You Didn't Know about Mars Mission

News 18  

Following a 293-million miles journey that took seven months, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Perseverance Rover on Thursday successfully touched down on Mars. The Mars 2020 Mission is the first step towards collecting the samples on the Red Planet and returning them to Earth. For example, the 1997 “Sojourner” showed a rover could rove on the planet, while the 2004 “Spirit and Opportunity” discovered that Mars once hosted running water before becoming a frozen desert. “Curiosity” has been exploring the red planet for almost a decade and has found evidence that Gale Carter had a lake billions of years ago and an environment that could support microbial life.

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NASA Mars rover Perseverance testing AI tech to find minerals in rocks
5 months ago

NASA Mars rover Perseverance testing AI tech to find minerals in rocks

The Hindu  

The Mars rover Perseverance is using AI-powered technology and tools controlled by NASA on Earth in order to better understand which rocks to examine for potential data relating to microbial life in the planet’s past. “For almost three years, the rover mission has been testing a form of artificial intelligence that seeks out minerals in the Red Planet’s rocks. This …

Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet

The Hindu  

NASA's rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jezero Crater, according to a study published on Friday. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars …

Mars rover drops rock sample on Red planet: Why is NASA excited about it?
1 year, 11 months ago

Mars rover drops rock sample on Red planet: Why is NASA excited about it?

Live Mint  

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been dropping samples on the surface of the Red planet. The Perseverance rover is supposed to drop 10 samples and it has recently dropped the ninth sample, which is making NASA excited. But that’s not all.” This core sample came from an igneous rock back near my landing site “Rocks like this, studied up close, could …

Perseverance drops 50% backup samples on Mars for future missions to bring home
1 year, 11 months ago

Perseverance drops 50% backup samples on Mars for future missions to bring home

India Today  

The Perseverance rover, which recently completed its one Martian year of operations on the Red Planet, has successfully dropped five of the 10 sampling tubes with rock cores in them. ONE MARTIAN YEAR FOR PERSEVERANCE The SUV-sized rover marked its one Martian year of operations late last week as it continued to trundle on the floor of the Jazero crater, …

NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after 4-year mission
2 years ago

NASA formally retires Mars InSight lander after 4-year mission

The Hindu  

NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the U.S. space agency announced on Wednesday. InSight landed on Mars in late November 2018 with instruments designed to detect planetary seismic rumblings never before …

Scientists pick stash site for Mars soil samples collected by Perseverance rover
2 years, 1 month ago

Scientists pick stash site for Mars soil samples collected by Perseverance rover

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa Perseverance Rover will soon stash select samples of the Martian soil in …

Humans Somehow Found A Way To Litter On Mars
2 years, 6 months ago

Humans Somehow Found A Way To Litter On Mars

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Mars is getting a taste of human life before any person has ever even been there. NASA reported Wednesday that its Perseverance Mars Rover had spotted “something unexpected”: a piece of litter on the surface of the red planet. My team has spotted something unexpected: It’s a piece of a thermal blanket that they think may have …

A year after landing on Mars, Perseverance rover sets sights on intriguing new target
2 years, 10 months ago

A year after landing on Mars, Perseverance rover sets sights on intriguing new target

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Since then, this innovative rover has inspired humanity and accomplished a series of firsts, from transmitting the first audio recording of sounds from Mars, to capturing the Ingenuity helicopter’s history making first powered, controlled flight on another planet, to producing oxygen on Mars for the first time ever with the MOXIE experiment,” …

Researcher finds first mineral evidence confirming water flowed on Mars longer than previously thought
2 years, 10 months ago

Researcher finds first mineral evidence confirming water flowed on Mars longer than previously thought

India Today  

While rovers trundle on the surface in search of ancient microbial life, the machines hovering above Mars have identified a crucial development in the evolution of the Red Planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has determined that water left salt minerals on the surface as recently as two billion years ago. It has already been determined that the surface of the …

Connection with Mars re-established: Vacation over for rovers, probes on Red Planet
3 years, 2 months ago

Connection with Mars re-established: Vacation over for rovers, probes on Red Planet

India Today  

Two weeks after Earth lost all contacts with Mars, signal with assets on the planet has been reestablished. The rovers and probes came online after spending two weeks in hibernation on Mars as the Red Planet came out of the opposition in its orbit around the Sun. The rover was parked between dunes and a rock outcrop in the crater …

NASA's Perseverance rover reveals history of water on Mars
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover reveals history of water on Mars

India TV News  

NASA's Perseverance rover, currently exploring Jezero Crater on Mars, has shared new insights which reveal that the Red planet had sustained interactions with water, according to a new study by the mission scientists. Based on the detailed images sent by the six-wheeler rover on Mars, the team has now published first scientific results about the Jezero Crater delta in the …

NASA's Perseverance rover might've succeeded in collecting a piece of Martian rock
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover might've succeeded in collecting a piece of Martian rock

Firstpost  

NASA plans a mission to bring around 30 samples back to Earth in the 2030s, where scientists will be able to conduct more detailed analysis that might confirm there was microbial life. NASA’s Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth – probably. The US space …

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, snags first rock sample for return
3 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s newest Mars rover, Perseverance, snags first rock sample for return

LA Times  

A closeup of the first Martian rock sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover. NASA’s newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month’s attempt came up empty. Science & Medicine NASA’s Perseverance rover ready to search for signs of ancient life on Mars If NASA’s Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars, it …

The Perseverance rover's Martian rock samples just... disappeared. What happened?
3 years, 4 months ago

The Perseverance rover's Martian rock samples just... disappeared. What happened?

Salon  

The Perseverance rover is a rarity among space rovers for the sole reason that it is a sample-return mission — meaning that Perseverance will drill Martian rock and collect samples which will eventually be returned to Earth. This Martian mystery story begins last week, when scientists took a big step in Perseverance's historic mission by attempting to collect samples from …

Hit and miss: Perseverance rover failed its first rock sample collection on Mars
3 years, 4 months ago

Hit and miss: Perseverance rover failed its first rock sample collection on Mars

Firstpost  

NASA plans on bringing back around 30 samples that will be analyzed with sophisticated instruments than those on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance drilled into the surface of Mars but failed in its initial attempt to collect rock samples that would be picked up by future missions for analysis by scientists on Earth. “While this is not the ‘hole-in-one’ we hoped for, …

NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Mars rover fails in first attempt to collect rock samples

India TV News  

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has failed in its first attempt to grab rock samples on Mars for future return to Earth. The American space agency in a statement said that data sent to Earth by NASA's Perseverance rover after its first attempt to "collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock …

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completes nine years on the red planet
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completes nine years on the red planet

Firstpost  

The robot which was launched in November 2011 and reached Mars on 5 August 2012. The Curiosity rover recently celebrated its birthday on Mars on the night of 5 August. The robot which was launched in November 2011 and reached Mars on 5 August 2012 has been there on the red planet for the last nine years. On the occasion …

NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first Martian rock sample | WATCH
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA shows spot on Mars where its Perseverance rover is set to collect first Martian rock sample | WATCH

India TV News  

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover is set to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock that the future planned missions will transport back to earth. The six-wheeled geologist landed on Jezero Crater in Mars on February 18, and NASA kicked off the rover's mission science phase on June 1, exploring a 4 square kilometer patch of crater floor which might contain …

Is there life on Mars? Perseverance rover to collect first Martian samples to be returned to Earth
3 years, 5 months ago

Is there life on Mars? Perseverance rover to collect first Martian samples to be returned to Earth

India Today  

The Perseverance rover trundling on the surface of Mars is set to collect its very first sample to look for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. While it took Neil over three minutes to collect the lunar sample, Perseverance will take at least 11 days to complete its first sampling owing to the massive distance between Mars …

NASA's Perseverance rover is starting its science mission on Mars to look for signs of ANCIENT LIFE
3 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover is starting its science mission on Mars to look for signs of ANCIENT LIFE

Daily Mail  

After starting its switch from photographer to science investigator, NASA's Perseverance rover has officially started its science mission, beginning its search for signs of ancient life. Scroll down for video This image of Jezero Crater depicts the routes for Perseverance’s first science campaign and its second as well as its second In addition to searching for signs of ancient microscopic …

Perseverance hits the road: Rover begins search for ancient microbial life on Mars
3 years, 6 months ago

Perseverance hits the road: Rover begins search for ancient microbial life on Mars

India Today  

The Perseverance rover trundling the surface of Mars began its most critical mission phase — looking for ancient microbial life. “We are putting the rover’s commissioning phase as well as the landing site in our rearview mirror and hitting the road,” said Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager. In a bid to collect unique samples, the rover will explore two geologic …

Perseverance, Hope and a fire god: a history of Mars rovers
3 years, 7 months ago

Perseverance, Hope and a fire god: a history of Mars rovers

Live Mint  

China's probe to Mars touched down on the Red Planet Saturday to deploy its Zhurong rover, during a busy time for Martian exploration. China's Tianwen-1 probe successfully launched last July and entered Mars' orbit in February -- a major milestone for Beijing's ambitious space programme. In this file photo, technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the Mars Oxygen In-Situ …

SuperCam on-board NASA's Perseverance rover collected its first samples on Mars
3 years, 9 months ago

SuperCam on-board NASA's Perseverance rover collected its first samples on Mars

Firstpost  

The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission scientists said Wednesday. The return to Earth years from now of the rocks and soil it retrieves “will give scientists the Holy Grail of planetary exploration,” Jean-Yves le Gall, president of …

NASA names Mars rover touchdown site after Octavia Butler
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA names Mars rover touchdown site after Octavia Butler

India TV News  

NASA has named the landing site of its Perseverance Mars rover after the science fiction author Octavia Butler. So the location of the rover's touchdown site is now being called "Octavia E. Butler Landing," the US space agency said last week. The rover will characteriae the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red …

WATCH: Mars Perseverance Rover's First Test Drive on Red Planet Goes 'Incredibly Well'
3 years, 9 months ago

WATCH: Mars Perseverance Rover's First Test Drive on Red Planet Goes 'Incredibly Well'

News 18  

The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the U.S. space agency NASA said Friday. “This was our first chance to ‘kick the tires’ and take Perseverance out for a spin,” said Anais Zarifian, Perseverance mobility test bed engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Perseverance deputy mission manager Robert Hogg …

NASA’s new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feet
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s new Mars rover hits dusty red road, 1st trip 21 feet

India TV News  

NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 21 feet on the odometer in its first test drive. “This is going to be like the Odyssey, adventures along the way, hopefully, no Cyclops, and I’m sure there will be stories aplenty written about it.” In its first drive, Perseverance went forward 13 feet, took a 150-degree …

Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance runs on chip first used in 1998 Apple iMac
3 years, 9 months ago

Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance runs on chip first used in 1998 Apple iMac

India Today  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover, Perseverance is using the same processor that was first used in colourful Apple's iMac computers in the late 1990s. PERSEVERANCE MAKES HISTORIC MARS LANDING Last month, the Nasa had successfully landed the Perseverance rover, nick-named Percy, on the Martian surface, accomplishing the "most dangerous" step yet in an epic quest to bring …

Listen to the "thunk" as Perseverance lands on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

Listen to the "thunk" as Perseverance lands on Mars

Salon  

NASA released on Monday the first panorama video of the Perseverance rover landing on the surface of Mars, along with audio files of a Martian breeze and the rover's various equipment operating. The video shows everything from the moment that the parachute containing the delicate equipment opened, through the nail-biting seven-mile descent to the surface of Mars' Jezero Crater, and …

NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’

LA Times  

This combination of images from video made available by NASA shows steps in the descent of the Mars Perseverance rover as it approaches the surface of the planet on Thursday. Science & Medicine NASA shares bird’s-eye view of Perseverance landing on Mars NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft sent back a striking image of the Perseverance rover suspended several feet above the …

NASA: Perseverance Mars rover sends back new images
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA: Perseverance Mars rover sends back new images

Hindustan Times  

The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. HiRISE captured Perseverance during descent to Mars The photo was released less than 24 hours after the Perseverance rover successfully touched down near an ancient river delta, where it will …

Mars landing team ‘awestruck’ by photo of descending rover
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars landing team ‘awestruck’ by photo of descending rover

India TV News  

The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface. There’s just a feeling of victory that we were able to capture these and share it with the world.” Chief engineer Adam Steltzner called the picture “iconic,” putting it right …

Explained: What are Nasa’s big plans for Perseverance rover on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

Explained: What are Nasa’s big plans for Perseverance rover on Mars

Hindustan Times  

Cheers erupted in mission control at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after controllers confirmed that Perseverance rover safely touched down on Mars. Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars. The goal of the Mars 2020 mission is to learn whether life even existed on the Red Planet after …

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars

The Quint  

Nonetheless, the excitement was evident. There was dust covering the still-attached translucent lens covers, but it was possible to see a flat surface both in front and behind the rover. Just what an amazing team to work through all the adversity and all the challenges that go with landing a rover on Mars, plus the challenges of COVID. Mike Watkins, …

Perseverance’s quest for signs of life on Mars begins now
3 years, 10 months ago

Perseverance’s quest for signs of life on Mars begins now

Live Mint  

At around 4 pm eastern time on 18 February, roughly 2:30 am IST on Friday, one of the biggest, complex and most daring Mars missions landed on the red planet. Nasa’s Perseverance rover successfully completed a seven-month long journey to the planet and will now begin searching for signs of past life on Mars. “Touchdown confirmed!” were the words that …

NASA rover lands on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA rover lands on Mars, to look for signs of ancient life

India TV News  

A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Perseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, became the ninth spacecraft since the 1970s to successfully land on Mars, every …

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Mars Rover Perseverance Makes Historic Landing on Red Planet, Shares First Photo

News 18  

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is one step ahead of Elon Musk when it comes to getting to the red planet, which it called its ‘forever home.’ Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search …

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. “We’re really on the verge of being able to potentially answer these enormous questions.” China’s spacecraft includes a smaller …

Incredible new images shared by Perseverance rover after Mars landing
3 years, 10 months ago

Incredible new images shared by Perseverance rover after Mars landing

CNN  

CNN — After safely landing on the surface of Mars Thursday, NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back a never-before-seen view: what it looks like to land on Mars. “The team is overwhelmed with excitement and joy to have successfully landed another rover on the surface of Mars,” said Adam Steltzner, the rover’s chief engineer. “We can only hope, in our …

NASA's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars. So what happens next?
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Perseverance rover has landed on Mars. So what happens next?

ABC  

After a nail-biting "seven minutes of terror", NASA's newest rover has arrived safely on Mars. Artist's impression of Perseverance landing on Mars The first high-resolution image that will come back in the next 24 hours will be an image taken from the skycrane as the rover descends. Five ways Perseverance is different to any Mars mission Photo shows Perseverance rover …

NASA Successfully Lands New Mars Rover 'Perseverance'
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA Successfully Lands New Mars Rover 'Perseverance'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Perseverance, the biggest, most advanced rover ever sent by NASA, became the ninth spacecraft to successfully …

Was There Ever Life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance Rover to Find Out as it Prepares to Land
3 years, 10 months ago

Was There Ever Life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance Rover to Find Out as it Prepares to Land

News 18  

Seven months in space, a mission that was decades in the making and cost billions of dollars, all to answer the question: was there ever life on Mars? NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares for touchdown on the Red Planet Thursday to search for telltale signs of microbes that might have existed there billions of years ago, when conditions were warmer and …

NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA rover Perseverance hurtles toward historic landing attempt on Mars

Live Mint  

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance hurtled into the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth en route to a nail-biting landing attempt Thursday on an ancient, alien lake bed, where scientists hope to find signs of fossilized microbial life. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles hope to receive confirmation of the landing, and possibly a first image …

Mars Rover Perseverance Hours Away From Daredevil Landing Attempt On Red Planet
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Rover Perseverance Hours Away From Daredevil Landing Attempt On Red Planet

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 - NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile journey on Wednesday, hours away from a daredevil landing attempt on the Red Planet. A full scale model of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion …

NASA's Perseverance Rover Is About to Land on Mars. Here's How You Can Witness It
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's Perseverance Rover Is About to Land on Mars. Here's How You Can Witness It

News 18  

After Saudi Arabia’s Hope probe made its historical landing on Mars, it is time for American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Perseverance Rover to touch down on the red planet. Here is everything that you should know before we get to witness the landing: The Perseverance Rover, that was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on …

Mars Rover Landing: Here's How to Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Touchdown Live Online
3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Rover Landing: Here's How to Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Touchdown Live Online

News 18  

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is just a day away from landing on the Red Planet surface, and you can watch the event live online. People around the world will get to watch the drama of Perseverance’s entry, descent, and landing – the riskiest portion of the rover’s mission that some engineers call the “seven minutes of terror" – live on …

Nasa's Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing, sends first image | See picture
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa's Perseverance rover makes historic Mars landing, sends first image | See picture

India Today  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Perseverance streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the red planet around 2:30 am on Friday, accomplishing the "most dangerous" step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on Mars. Nearly seven months after its takeoff to Mars, Nasa's Perseverance rove made …

NASA's helicopter-bearing Perseverance rover sticks the Mars landing
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA's helicopter-bearing Perseverance rover sticks the Mars landing

Salon  

On Thursday, a rover the size of a Mini Cooper parachuted through thin Martian air for seven nail-biting minutes before successfully touching down on the red planet. The landing of Perseverance, as the rover is dubbed, marks a new era in Martian exploration — as the fifth NASA rover to ever touch down on Mars and the first that carries …

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes safe landing on Mars
3 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Perseverance rover makes safe landing on Mars

LA Times  

NASA’s newest rover touched down safely on the surface of Mars on Thursday, completing a 293-million-mile journey through space and setting the stage for a mission that seeks to find evidence of ancient extraterrestrial life. Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 team at JPL react after receiving confirmation that the Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars. Some bumped fists with …

Nasa's Perseverance rover successfully touches surface of Mars | Updates
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa's Perseverance rover successfully touches surface of Mars | Updates

India Today  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Perseverance landed succesfully on the surface of Mars around 2:30 am on Friday, making a historic landing on the red planet. ABOUT THE 7-MONTH-LONG JOURNEY Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance hurtled into the final stretch of its seven-month journey from Earth en route to a nail-biting landing attempt Thursday on an ancient, alien …

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