NASA's Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers—New May 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers—New May 2022 Images | JPL

Mars2020 - Sol 445 - Watson

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3474 - MastCam

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

MSL - Sol 3480 - Mastcam

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

MSL - Sol 3476 - Mastcam

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

Mars2020 - Sol 446 - Mastcam-Z

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

MSL - Sol 3481 - Mastcam

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

MSL - Sol 3481 - Mastcam

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

Mars2020 - Sol 446 - Mastcam-Z

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

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

Perseverance Mission Updates: 

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/status/

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

Curiosity Mission Updates: 

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission-updates/

Image & Caption Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: May 19-25, 2022

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