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[4] [5] As of 1 March 2025, Perseverance has been active on Mars for 1433 sols (1,472 Earth days, or 4 years and 11 days) since its landing. Following the rover's arrival, NASA named the landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing. [6] [7] Perseverance has a similar design to its predecessor rover, Curiosity, although it was moderately upgraded. It ...
Mars 2020 Perseverance rover: 30 Jul 2021 1.8 Success 7. Zhurong: Rover Tianwen-1: 23 Jul 2021 240 Success 8. Tianwen-1 Remote camera Camera Zhurong rover 1 June 2021 <1
NASA's Curiosity rover, selfie, 2015. A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very ...
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.
Perseverance’s first task is to head for Witch Hazel Hill, a large outcrop of rock about 1,500 feet (457 meters) down the other side of the rim. The rover will be moving up and down hills over ...
The Perseverance rover is making a long trek up a crater rim to study potentially habitable environments and some of the most ancient rocks on Mars.
Artist's rendition of Mars Express as seen by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Image of Mars Express in orbit at Mars. 2001 Mars Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket and currently holds the record for the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth at 23 years, 3 months and 28 days.
NASA’s Perseverance rover is tackling a steep new challenge on Mars. The rover will go up 1,000 feet (305 meters) to the rim of Jezero Crater to dig up rock samples. Since landing on the red ...