Jan 23, 2025 · Mars Overview. Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. It’s dry, rocky, and bitter cold. The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars, is one of Earth’s two closest planetary neighbors (Venus is the other). Mars is one of the easiest planets to spot in the night sky — it looks like a bright red point of light.

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.

Jan 4, 2025 · Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.

Apr 16, 2024 · Send Your Name to Mars is not currently open for reservations. We will reopen reservations closer to a future launch date. If you have already signed up to send your name to Mars on NASA’s next flight to the Red Planet, your spot is reserved.

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.

Nov 2, 2024 · 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.

Nov 15, 2024 · NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission captured thrilling footage of its rover landing in Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. The real footage in this video was captured by several cameras that are part of the rover's entry, descent, and landing suite.

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover landed in Jezero Crater in February 2021 and is now collecting and storing a range of compelling samples in specially designed tubes. This accomplishment fulflls many years of external guidance to NASA, including the top recommendation of the U.S. planetary community in their most recent national strategy, titled

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.