1. NASA’s Mars Exploration Program

    https://mars.nasa.gov/

    A Year of Surprising Science From NASA's InSight Mars Mission › Science Goals The Mars Exploration Program studies Mars as a planetary system in order to understand the formation and early evolution of Mars as a planet, the history of geological processes that have shaped Mars through time, the potential for Mars to have hosted life, and the future exploration of Mars by humans.

  2. Missions | Mars Exploration Section – NASA’s Mars ...

    https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/

    NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First Time The award moves NASA and ESA a step closer to realizing Mars Sample Return, an ambitious planetary exploration program that will build upon decades of science, knowledge, and experience.

  3. Mission Overview - NASA Mars

    https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/

    Like NASA's Curiosity rover (, the Mars 2020 spacecraft uses a guided entry, descent, and landing system. The landing system on Mars 2020 mission includes a parachute, descent vehicle, and an approach called a "skycrane maneuver" for lowering the rover on a tether to the surface during the final seconds before landing.

  4. Mission Updates - NASA Mars

    https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/status/

    Landed: Feb. 18, 2021 12:55 p.m. PST (3:55 p.m. EST) Landing Site: Jezero Crater, Mars Mission Duration: At least one Mars year (about 687 Earth days)

  5. Watch Online: TV Schedule - NASA Mars

    https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/

    NASA Clean feed of mission control on YouTube NASA JPL Raw 360-degree stream on YouTube NASA JPL: Feb. 18, 2021: Landing Day Live Stream for Students: Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu: Feb. 17, 2021: News Briefing: Searching for Ancient Life at Mars and in Samples Returned to Earth: Replay on YouTube NASA JPL: Feb. 17, 2021: News Briefing: Mission ...

  6. Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by Nasa

    https://news.yahoo.com/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-extended-194415775.html

    Nasa’s original plan was to then carry out two more flights, before grounding Ingenuity to bring the technology demonstration to a close. Nasa's Mars helicopter in most ambitious flight yet. Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars . Nasa shows dramatic video of Mars rover's landing. But Friday's announcement is a change of course.

  7. Mars Ingenuity helicopter chalks up record flight as NASA ...

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-flight-record/

    Now she's part of NASA's Mars mission. The 4-pound helicopter, added to the Perseverance rover mission as a technology demonstration, met all of its pre-flight objectives during three near ...

  8. NASA extends Mars helicopter Ingenuity's high-flying ...

    https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-mission-extended

    NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, seen here during its fourth flight on April 30, 2021 in a photo by the Perseverance rover, will get 30 extra sols (Martian days) to explore after a mission extension.