Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago. Explore with Us.
Images from the Mars Perseverance Rover - NASA Mars - NASA …
Browse individual images or select multiple images. NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.
Raw Images | Multimedia – NASA Mars Exploration
View raw images taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover.
Mars Exploration Rovers: Spirit and Opportunity - NASA Science
This infographic highlights NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity. The rovers landed on the Red Planet in 2004, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars.
Mars Odyssey - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration
Apr 7, 2001 · The 2001 Mars Odyssey mission was the first spacecraft to make a global map of the chemical elements and minerals that make up the Martian surface. The spacecraft also holds the record for the longest continually active mission in orbit around a planet other than Earth.
Mars continues to pose key questions that call for a coordinated program of scientific exploration – three community-responsive science themes for 2023-2043 will guide MEP activities: Explore the Potential for Martian Life. Support Human Exploration of Mars. Discover Dynamic Mars.
Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science - NASA Mars …
Jul 30, 2020 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and soil (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
Mars Mission Timeline - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration
Preparing for entry, descent, and landing (EDL) and surface operations, a process which includes tests of communications, including the communications to be used during EDL. The mission is timed for launch when Earth and Mars are in good positions relative to …
Mars: Facts - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to roam the alien landscape.
Over the past two decades, missions flown by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program have shown us that Mars was once very different from the cold, dry planet it is today. Evidence discovered by landed and orbital missions point to wet conditions billions of years ago.