News Archive / Tagged: Jezero Crater

• ‘Ingenuity-class’ drones added to Mars sample return mission

  Derek RichardsonJuly 27th, 2022

  NASA has changed the planned architecture for its Mars Sample Return Program, ditching a fetch rover in favor of two small helicopters.

• NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter logs 25th flight

  Cullen DesforgesApril 18th, 2022

  NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter logged its 25th flight as it works to catch up with the Perseverance rover, which is heading toward an ancient river delta.

• Perseverance rover racing to an ancient Martian river delta

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 31st, 2022

  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been racing toward an ancient Martian river delta in recent weeks as it covers ground faster than any pervious rover.

• Mars helicopter tests higher rotor speed on latest flight

  Cullen DesforgesNovember 1st, 2021

  NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity successfully made its 14th flight, testing a higher rotor speed in anticipation upcoming seasonal changes.

• Ingenuity helicopter deployed onto the Martian surface

  Cullen DesforgesApril 5th, 2021

  NASA’s first interplanetary helicopter has touched the surface of Mars for the first time after being deployed from underneath the Perseverance rover.

• Engineers detail plans for Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s first flight

  Michael McCabeMarch 24th, 2021

  Now that NASA’s Perseverance rover is safely on Mars, all eyes are shifting toward the deployment of a small technology demonstration, a drone-like helicopter called Ingenuity.

• Perseverance rover begins driving across the surface of Mars

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 13th, 2021

  In the weeks since Perseverance landed on Mars, the images, science and sounds that have come from the mission have proven to be groundbreaking.

• Want to send you name to Mars? Now’s your chance

  Jason RhianMay 22nd, 2019

  NASA is inviting individuals to submit their names to be etched onto a chip that will fly aboard its next Mars rover, slated to launch in 2020.

• NASA chooses Jezero Crater as landing site for Mars 2020 rover

  Jim SharkeyNovember 21st, 2018

  Selecting a landing site is a crucial step in Mars mission planning as the scientific value of an area must be weighed against any potential hazards.