30 Jul 2020, 11:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA minutes away from launching a historic mission to Mars, one that could mark a series of firsts for human space exploration
11 Jul 2020, 12:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Perseverance Rover was fitted inside the capsule that will take it to Mars, and the entire assembly mounted on top an Atlas V rocket
7 Oct 2019, 15:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tested the separation of the rover from its descent stage by firing the pyrotechnic devices that held the two together
2 Oct 2019, 15:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA chief scientist Jim Green says we'll find signs of life on Mars soon, questions the world's readiness to such an announcement
19 Sep 2019, 12:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the window to submit entries comes to an end, the agency says the Mars 2020 mission will have the names of at least 9.4 million passengers on board
18 Jul 2019, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In 2020, the Mars mission can depart at any time in the interval July 17 – August 5, depending on the weather and other factors
3 Jul 2019, 15:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2020 rover's Terrain-Relative Navigation system will guide the spacecraft down towards a safe landing in the Jezero crater on Mars
1 Jul 2019, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Five electric motors are used to drive the arm of the rover, and the five joints allow it to bend to the required angle for the task ahead
21 Jun 2019, 09:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The wheels you see fitted on the machine are not the actual ones the rover will use in its mission, but they are engineering models
14 Jun 2019, 15:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / JPL systems engineer Jim Lewis explains in a NASA video how the MOXIE experiment on the Mars 2020 rover will generate oxygen
10 Jun 2019, 13:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If successful, the Mars helicopter flight in 2021will allow for aerial reconnaissance of alien worlds from altitudes much more revealing than the distant orbit
10 Jun 2019, 09:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A live webcam at NASA's JPL in Pasadena, California, shows in real time all that goes on in the bay where the rover is being assembled
4 Jun 2019, 15:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mars 2020 rover is fitted with two Mastcam-Z high-definition cameras with a resolution of less than one-and-a-half inches (38 mm) from over 330 feet away
27 May 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / LSV uses cameras to take images of the terrain below the descending craft, trying to match them with onboard maps and data
24 May 2019, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA completes acoustic and thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft, all systems go for launch next year
22 May 2019, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Submission period for names that are to be sent to Mars on the 2020 mission is open, over 350,000 requests in the first day
20 May 2019, 09:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The spacecraft was photographed in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, nearly complete
19 Apr 2019, 09:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA engineers put together the spacecraft that will carry the 2020 Mars Rover to its destination, ship undergoing acoustic testing
29 Mar 2019, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Mars Helicopter was airborne for one minute at an altitude of 2 inches (5 centimeters) and proved that it can fly in a Mars-like atmosphere
25 Mar 2019, 16:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA tests the systems of the Mars 2020 rover in simulated landings conducted at the beginning of the year inside its facilities