Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science
2024年12月6日 · 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 regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
Mars Science Laboratory - Wikipedia
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, [2] which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012. [3][9][10][11] The overall objectives include investigating Mars' habitability, studying its climate and geology, and collecting data for a human mi...
NASA says it found possible signs of life on Mars. There are ... - Science
2024年7月26日 · Yesterday, NASA announced that a rock spotted on Mars by its Perseverance rover contained some of the best signs yet that ancient microbial life may have once existed on the Red Planet.
Perseverance Science Objectives - NASA Science
2024年11月18日 · In addition to these science goals, Perseverance has a unique goal of collecting and caching samples of Mars material for possible future return. This image of the floor of Jezero Crater was taken by one of the Navcam imagers aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on Feb. 5, 2023, the 698th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
InSight Science - NASA Science
2024年4月17日 · InSight studied the deep interior of Mars and was designed to take the planet's vital signs: its pulse, temperature, and reflexes. ... The InSight mission had two major goals, each with several science investigations, designed to help uncover the process that shaped all of the rocky planets in the inner solar system.
All About Mars | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
2025年1月14日 · Mars is a cold desert world. The average temperature on Mars is minus 85 degrees Fahrenheit – way below freezing. It is half the size of Earth. Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet. It's red because of rusty iron in the ground. Like Earth, Mars has seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and weather.
The interior of Mars revealed | Science - AAAS
2021年7月23日 · The size of the martian core, the crustal layering, and the thick lithosphere provide important insights into the thermal and dynamic evolution of Mars. Over the coming years, as more marsquakes are measured, scientists will refine these models of the red planet and reveal more of Mars' enigmatic mysteries.
NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech
2 天之前 · As Mars has an uneven, rocky surface, durable tires are essential for mobility. Shape memory alloy (SMA) spring tires help make that possible. ... “We at Glenn are one of the world leaders in bringing the science and understanding of how you change the alloy compositions, how you change the processing of the material, and how you model these ...
Overview | Mars – NASA Solar System Exploration
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun – a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. Mars is also a dynamic planet with seasons, polar ice caps, canyons, extinct volcanoes, and evidence that it was even more active in the past.
In Depth | Mars – NASA Solar System Exploration
Mars is one of the easiest planets to spot in the night sky – it looks like a bright red point of light. Despite being inhospitable to humans, robotic explorers – like NASA's new Perseverance rover – are serving as pathfinders to eventually get humans to the surface of the Red Planet.