This is the first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, a zoomable pair of cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. The panorama was stitched together on…
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This panorama, taken on February 20, 2021, by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, was stitched together from six individual images…
In this illustration, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet’s surface as NASA’s Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away. Credit:…
The six-wheeled robot’s latest data since touching down yesterday include a series of images captured as the rover’s “jet pack” lowered it to the ground.…
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to…
To measure water depth and salinity, the OMG project dropped probes by plane into fjords along Greenland’s coast. Shown here is one such fjord in…
This illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey that NASA’s Perseverance rover takes to Mars. Hundreds of…
Mars 2020’s Perseverance rover is equipped with a lander vision system based on terrain-relative navigation, an advanced method of autonomously comparing real-time images to preloaded…
NASA astronauts on Mars. Credit: NASA A new NASA paper provides the most detailed map to date of near-surface water ice on the Red Planet.…
Even as the Perseverance rover approaches Mars, technology on board is paying off on Earth. A laser-light sensor that can identify bacteria in a wound…
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will have an autopilot that helps guide it to safer landings on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s newest rover has…
Technicians power on the main body of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, called the Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) Chassis, at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California, in…
This illustration depicts the some of the major milestones NASA’s Perseverance rover will go through during its seven-minute descent to the Martian surface on February…
Measuring the mass and diameter of a planet reveals its density, which can give scientists clues about its composition. Scientists now know the density of…
Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, is a powerful 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) antenna that was added to the Deep Space Network’s Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex…
A recent study focusing on “the L.A. megacity” — an area encompassing all of Los Angeles County and areas beyond — found that urban greenery…
The DC-8 has been the workhorse of NASA’s Airborne Science Program. Credit: NASA The flying science laboratory takes to the skies after major maintenance and…
Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars on…
From visiting mission control to seeing where space robots are built, the interactive tour lets online users explore the historic space facility from anywhere in…
Artist’s impression shows Jovian Trojans. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Slated to launch in October 2021, NASA’s Lucy mission will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids, leftover…