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NASA has released a “rare postcard” from Mars after being inspired by a “remarkable” image that its rover sent back from the red planet.

NASA’s Perseverance rover discovered evidence that the Jezero crater on Mars it touched down in was once a lake bed fed by a river with floods, scientists say.

The rover would collect soil that contains oxides and NASA would use separate equipment to extract oxygen from that soil, a government statement said.

NASA has announced the landing site for its robotic lunar rover which is planned to reach the moon in 2023.

The agency picked the Nobile crater near the lunar south pole to seek frozen water that will be essential to future astronaut missions.

Rock samples on Mars collected by the Perseverance rover “reveal a potentially habitable sustained environment” existed on the planet, meaning alien life could have too, according to NASA scientists.

The rock, sealed in a tube, is the first of many the robotic explorer will collect to one day send back to Earth for scientists to study.

After an earlier drilling attempt mysteriously failed, the robotic mission collected the first tube of samples that may one day help scientists understand the red planet.

China’s Mars rover has completed its planned 90-day mission fully charged and in good condition, and will continue to explore, according to reports.

After the United States, China is the second country to land and sustainably operate a spacecraft on Mars, where days are 40 minutes longer than on Earth.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed its 11th flight on the planet, capturing dozens of images including one in which its mothership – the Perseverance rover – is almost impossible to spot.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has failed in its first attempt to collect a rock sample from Mars as part of the search for signs of ancient life on the planet, the space agency has confirmed.

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Perseverance arrived on Mars on Feb. 18 after a six-month journey through space.

China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States.

NASA’s ambitious lunar program Artemis will send the agency’s first mobile robot to the moon in late 2023.

General Motors and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to develop a next-generation lunar rover that NASA astronauts could use on future missions to explore the moon.

General Motors and Lockheed Martin will develop a vehicle to drive NASA astronauts around on the moon’s surface, they said Wednesday, competing for a space project that could also promote their brands on Earth.

China this month joined the United States as the only nations to deploy land vehicles on Mars.

China’s first Mars rover has driven down the ramp of its landing capsule and is now roaming the surface of the red planet.

The Zhurong rover, part of the Tianwen-1 mission from China, landed last week and beamed back two images from the Red Planet.

An animation shows how the six-wheeled Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet.

The announcement from state media suggests the country is now only the second country to put a working spacecraft on the Martian surface.

China’s Tianwen-1 mission, orbiting the red planet since February, is expected to attempt a difficult landing of the Zhurong rover soon.

The China National Space Administration said in a brief notice that the Tianwen-1 probe has collected a large amount of scientific data since entering Mars orbit on Feb. 10.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is using its robotic arm to search for signs of ancient microbial life.  The rover, which landed in Jezero Crater in February, had been functioning largely as a communications base between the autonomous Ingenuity Mars helicopter and the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) over the last couple of weeks, helping to document the rotorcraft’s historic flights.  However, NASA scientists have…

China looked to the heavens when it named its first Mars rover – calling it Zhurong, after a mythical god of fire and war. It’s in keeping with China’s ambitious plans for the Red Planet – which they call “Huo Xing,” or Fire Star – that include becoming the third country after the US and…

DUBAI – Lunar exploration company ispace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company said on Wednesday, as the UAE pushes for rapid expansion in the space exploration business to diversify its economy. The UAE is using its space programme to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce…

To the delight of social media users, NASA’s Perseverance rover used a camera on the end of its robotic arm to snap a selfie with the Mars Ingenuity helicopter this week ahead of its historic flight mission. Shown about 13 feet apart in the pictures taken on April 6, 2021, or the 48th Martian day of the mission, the rover used…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken a selfie on the Martian surface capturing itself and the Ingenuity helicopter ahead of the first attempt at flight on an alien planet.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released a stunning “selfie” taken by the Curiosity Mars rover on Tuesday.  In a tweet, the Curiosity team explained the image was captured near the impressive rock formation named “Mont Mercou” after a mountain in France’s southern region. “Wish you were here! This selfie was taken in front of ‘Mont Mercou,’ a rock formation that’s 20ft (6m) tall,” JPL posted, “It’s…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest Mars rover has sent back the first-ever sounds of driving on the red planet — a grinding, clanking, banging affair that by Earth standards would be pretty worrisome. The noises made by Perseverance’s six metal wheels and suspension on the first test drive two weeks ago are part of a 16-minute…

NASA’s Perseverance rover has sent back the first sounds of it driving on Mars – giving further insight into the Red Planet’s environment.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken its first drive on Mars, just weeks after landing on the Red Planet.

NASA is slated to announce what it says is a “series of firsts” in its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission.

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has sent back its first high-definition panorama, the agency announced on Wednesday. 

Nearly 11 million people landed on Mars last week – even if it was just in names only.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in the orange and white strips of the 70-foot (21-meter) parachute. He…

Space enthusiasts claim they have decoded a hidden message on the British-made parachute that helped NASA’s Perseverance rover to land safely on Mars.

NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the first audio clips captured from the surface of Mars, capturing the sound of wind gusts on the red planet.