Articles about 2020 Mars rover

Mockups of NASA’s newest Mars rover and helicopter will kick off a road trip in Seattle

Seattle’s Museum of Flight says it’ll serve as the first stop on a road trip for NASA’s full-scale replicas of… Read More

Going, going … goniometer! First Mode delivers measuring gizmo for Mars mission

The 3-foot-wide contraption that was built in First Mode’s Seattle workshop looks like something from a science-fiction movie, complete with… Read More

NASA names Perseverance rover landing site on Mars after Seattle sci-fi pioneer Octavia E. Butler

Fifteen years after her death, Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler has joined an exclusive pantheon of space luminaries memorialized… Read More

NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS

For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio… Read More

NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars today and began a mission that’s meant to store up evidence of past… Read More

How the pandemic is changing the protocol for NASA’s Mars landing — and how to watch it happen

Veteran spacecraft engineer Chris Voorhees has witnessed six Mars landings in the course of his career, and he’s playing a… Read More

Liftoff! NASA’s Perseverance rover begins odyssey to seek out traces of life on Mars

With the fiery flash of a rocket launch, NASA’s Perseverance rover headed out today for what’s expected to be a… Read More

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission serves as ultimate test for working from home (planet)

The launch of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover marks the start of a seven-month-long journey involving tens of millions of miles… Read More

Perseverance rover will go to Mars with a monument to COVID-19 medical teams

When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands in Mars’ Jezero Crater next February, it’ll be carrying a tribute to the medical community… Read More

Vaneeza Rupani with Ingenuity helicopter

NASA takes high-school student’s suggestion and gives Mars Helicopter a new name: Ingenuity

Picking up on a suggestion from an Alabama high-school junior, NASA has given an ingenious name to the first helicopter… Read More

Perseverance! NASA reveals the name of its next Mars rover, suggested by a seventh-grader

NASA’s next Mars rover was named Perseverance today, following up on a suggestion made by a seventh-grader in Virginia. More than… Read More

NASA lists nine potential names suggested by kids for its next Mars rover: Vote for your favorite

NASA and an army of nearly 4,700 volunteer judges have selected nine potential names for a rover that’s due to… Read More

Hey, kids: Name NASA’s 2020 Mars rover!

NASA says a student will provide the official name for its 2020 Mars rover, continuing a tradition that began 16… Read More

First Mode celebrates first steps in space exploration – and looks ahead to the moon

One year after engineers from the Planetary Resources asteroid mining company peeled off to form their own employee-owned startup, known… Read More

Now you can put your name on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover (in teeny tiny letters)

Space fans have been sending their names to Mars and other extraterrestrial destinations for more than two decades, and it’s… Read More

NASA picks ancient Martian river delta at Jezero Crater as landing site for 2020 rover

One week before the next Mars mission is due to land, NASA has chosen the landing site for its next next… Read More

NASA adds a drone to its 2020 Mars rover

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has given the thumbs-up to putting a helicopter on Mars. The Mars Helicopter, which is actually… Read More

Here’s how NASA’s shiny 2020 rover will look when it’s hunting for life on Mars

The rover that NASA is getting ready to send to Mars in 2020 looks a lot like the Curiosity rover… Read More

NASA seeks five concepts for 2022 Mars orbiter and gives go-ahead for 2020 rover

NASA says it’s selected five aerospace companies, including Boeing, to conduct concept studies for a Mars telecommunications orbiter that’s likely… Read More

NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality

We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and… Read More