First, the rover will go through a "checkout" period. Perseverance will capture images of its surroundings and send them back, unfold its "head" and take more pictures while going through some ...

NASA's Perseverance rover recently paused on a lengthy climb to look back upon the vast crater where it landed more than three years ago to begin scouring Mars for signs that the planet was once ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024, the 1,354th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The ...

Perseverance was launched on July 30, 2020 and landed on the surface of Mars on Thursday. Its prime mission will last just over two years but it is likely to remain operational well beyond that.