NASA Mars Rovers: New Perseverance & Curiosity Images | JPL

NASA Mars Rovers: New Perseverance & Curiosity Images | JPL

MSL - Sol 2013 - MAHLI (1)

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 2478 - MAHLI (2)

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MSL - Sol 2016 - MAHLI (3)

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 383 - Mastcam-Z (4)

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 385 - MastCam-Z (5)

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 388 - Mastcam-Z (6)

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - Sol 384 - MastCam-Z (7)

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

NASA’s rovers are putting their gears in drive on Mars, making discoveries along the way. NASA's Curiosity rover captured some interesting images on Mount Sharp while heading toward an area called Greenheugh Pediment. Over in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter are both gearing up for a new destination. Perseverance is wrapping up its first science campaign on the floor of Jezero Crater and, with the help of sophisticated self-driving abilities, will head toward the remnants of a fan-shaped deposit of river sediments known as a delta to collect more samples. Ingenuity is planning updates to its software to improve operational safety.  

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity) is now in an operations demo phase.

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: November 6, 2011

Landing: August 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: March 19-24, 2022

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