Perseverance took a selfie after filling a sample tube with a rock core from the arrowhead-shaped rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls. The small, dark hole in the rock is where the core sample was drilled.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — NASA’s newest Mars rover has completed its first sample grab, tucking away the tube of rock for return to Earth. The Perseverance rover team confirmed last week’s successful ...

A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it? That's the question NASA scientists have worked for years to answer. On Wednesday, NASA researchers said the answer might be in a ...

A “selfie” taken by the Perseverance Mars rover as it examines Cheyava Falls, an arrowhead-shaped rock in the center that contains potential biosignatures of past Martian life. Credit: ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, in July 2024. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS) A rock sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover may contain ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on July 23, 2024, the 1,218th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. To the left of the rover near the center of the image is the arrowhead-shaped rock ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. Researchers say a sample ...

Update: A minibus spending package passed by the House of Representatives on January 8, 2026, effectively cancels the Mars Sample Return program by eliminating almost all funding for future missions.

When the Perseverance rover arrived on Mars nearly five years ago, NASA officials thought the next American lander to take aim on the red planet would be taking shape by now. At the time, the leaders ...