Perseverance Rover – Page 2 – My WordPress Site

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view of a location nicknamed “Mont Musard” on Sept. 8, 2025. Made up of three images, the panorama also captures another region, “Lac de Charmes,” where the rover’s team will be looking for more rock core samples to collect in the year ahead. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS (sky modified by Astrobiology.com) Full Image Details

Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Perseverance Can Continue To Operate On Mars Until At Least 2031

by Keith CowingDecember 17, 2025December 18, 2025

Montage of three images taken by Mars Perseverance on Sol 1697 Nov. 28, 2025 by the WATSON Camera - NASA

Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Perseverance Looks Down At Itself

by Keith CowingDecember 11, 2025December 10, 2025

Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters.

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Desert Worlds, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

Electric Sparks Detected By Perseverance In Mars Dust Devils And Storms

by Keith CowingDecember 3, 2025December 3, 2025

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitor a research drone in the Dumont Dunes area of the Mojave Desert in September as part of a test campaign to develop navigation software to guide future rotorcraft on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs

NASA Tests Future Mars Droids In Death Valley

by Keith CowingDecember 2, 2025December 2, 2025

Chignik, Sol 680 "Hydrated" class Al203 ~ 17-29 wt.% -- NASA

Analog Studies, Astrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Mars, Meteorites & Asteroids, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Findings Suggest The Mars Was Warmer And Wetter Millions Of Years Ago

by Keith CowingDecember 2, 2025December 2, 2025

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this close-up view showing the cavernous weathering texture of an unusually shaped rock, “Phippsaksla,

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Perseverance Encounters A Possible Meteorite On Mars

by Keith CowingNovember 18, 2025November 18, 2025

A Mars Sample mission begins its return to Earth -- Grok via Astrobiology.com

Mars, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

Sample Science Traceability Matrix for Perseverance’s Mars Sample Return Collection

by Keith CowingNovember 17, 2025November 17, 2025

Climatology of diurnal pressure variation (dP/dt) in units of Pa h⁻¹. High-frequency signals (with periods shorter than 3,700 s) were removed from the original time series prior to differentiation. Sunrise and sunset are indicated by white curves around 06:00 and 18:00 LT (local true solar time). The global dust content, calculated from the climatologies of Montabone et al. (2015; 2020), is displayed in the lower panel, where individual dust events are also identified. Seasons are delimited by vertical lines, and solstices are shaded in pale yellow in the lower panel (dust). Figure adapted from Hernández et al. (2024). -- astro-ph.EP

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Seasonal and Diurnal Variability of Atmospheric Pressure in Jezero Crater, Mars, from MEDA Measurements on the Perseverance Rover

by Keith CowingNovember 14, 2025November 14, 2025

This graph displays data collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover from targets in a rock formation nicknamed "Bright Angel." Scientists later determined one of those targets, a rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" (second line from the top), contained a potential biosignature. -- NASA

Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return

Mars Perseverance’s SHERLOC Finds Organic Molecules in Bright Angel

by Keith CowingOctober 29, 2025October 29, 2025

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover generated this mineral map showing the presence of two minerals – vivianite (purple and pink) and greigite (dull yellow and green) – on the surface of a rock nicknamed "Cheyava Falls." -- NASA

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Mars Perseverance’s PIXL Finds Vivianite, Greigite in Cheyava Falls Sample

by Keith CowingOctober 28, 2025October 29, 2025