NASA's Perseverance rover has finished an epic climb on Mars. The Perseverance rover crested the rim of the Red Planet's Jezero Crater this week, wrapping up a 3.5-month-long trek during which it ...
A Mars rover descends to the surface of the planet with the help of the sky crane system. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech illustration For both new approaches, the mission’s landing system would ...
The rover will be capable of drilling down into the surface of Mars and collecting rocks at a depth of 6.6 feet (2 meters), which it will then analyze in an onboard laboratory, according to ESA.