NASA's Perseverance rover successfully collects first rock from Mars
The Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Stelzner made the announcement on his Twitter handle and said, "I've never been more happy to see a hole in a rock."
Sep 03, 2021, 08:17 AM IST
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover fails to retrieve rock in search of extraterrestrial life
The rover carries 43 titanium sample tubes and is exploring Jezero Crater, where it will be gathering samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for future analysis on Earth.
Aug 07, 2021, 09:48 AM IST
NASA Perseverance Mars rover to acquire first sample of Martian rock
The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is the first step in NASA`s Mars Sample Return Campaign. Subsequent NASA missions, now in development in cooperation with the European Space Agency, would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.
Jul 22, 2021, 08:54 AM IST
NASA's Perseverance rover to begin search for ancient extraterrestrial life on Mars
It has an enhanced system is called AutoNav and makes 3D maps of the terrain ahead, identifies hazards, and plans a route around any obstacles without additional direction from controllers back on Earth.
Jul 02, 2021, 10:25 AM IST
NASA shares ‘new sounds from Mars’, listen to Perseverance Rover’s audio clip here
Once again NASA's Perseverance rover has made history by recording the low-pitched whirring of the Ingenuity helicopter's blades. This milestone was achieved during the Ingenuity helicopter’s fourth flight.
May 08, 2021, 12:20 PM IST
NASA's Perseverance rover creates history, extracts oxygen from Mars surface
MOXIE is an exploration technology investigation - as is the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) weather station - and is sponsored by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.
Apr 22, 2021, 06:33 AM IST
NASA's 'Wright Brothers' moment on Mars after Ingenuity's first successful flight - Watch
NASA made history by flying the Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully, which is the first powered flight on another planet.
Apr 20, 2021, 09:52 AM IST
Did Mars rover capture a rainbow on the red planet, here's what NASA has to say
This picture sparked a debate among netizens and many of them took to Twitter to find out the truth behind this image.
Apr 07, 2021, 17:42 PM IST
NASA Perseverance rover captures sounds of it driving around Mars
NASA's rover to the Mars has sent back an audio file containing sounds of the Perseverance driving on the Red Planet. This is the first such audio recorded of any vehicle driving around in Mars.
Mar 18, 2021, 19:11 PM IST
NASA's Perseverance Rover posts stunning panoramic photo of Mars
The NASA shared a magnificent panoramic photo of Mars taken from its Perseverance Rover that landed on the red planet recently. The photo shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance.
Feb 27, 2021, 17:56 PM IST
NASA shares latest pictures of Mars, video of Perseverance Rover's landing
The scientists at NASA described Perseverance as the most ambitious of nearly 20 US missions to Mars dating back to the Mariner spacecraft`s 1965 fly-by. The mission was launched to search for traces of ancient microbial life on Mars.
Feb 21, 2021, 08:44 AM IST
NASA's Perseverance rover to explore Martian terrain, search for signs of life
NASA has confirmed that the rover, which was launched this summer, will touch down in Jezero Crater, an ancient delta on the Martian surface, at around 2:25 am IST on Friday. Hundreds of critical events must execute for the Perseverance rover to land on Mars safely.
Feb 17, 2021, 14:47 PM IST
