NASA is getting ready to launch its Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover on an epic mission to the Red Planet.

Science NASA's Mars 2020 rover gets an official name, 'Perseverance' The new robot will join the ranks of Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity on the Red Planet within 12 months.

NASA technicians have officially begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of development on the agency's next Mars rover, keeping the project on track for an expected 2020 launch.

Perseverance is examining Martian megaripples at “Kerrlaguna,” uncovering clues about wind-driven changes and potential ...

Some 17 years after slinging its Spirit and Opportunity rovers towards the Red Planet, NASA is making final preparations ahead of its Mars 2020 mission launch, this time with Perseverance rover ...

NASA will reveal the next Mars 2020 rover name on Thursday, ending their seven-month-long “Name the Rover” essay contest that 28,000 students took part in nationwide.

NASA's Mars 2020 rover just earned its driver's license. The still-unnamed rover moved for the very first time Tuesday afternoon, and its proud parents are happy to report it passed the test.

The Mars 2020 rover is set to make its way to the Red Planet in 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover's black, tubular legs are made of titanium, while the wheels are aluminum.

The rolling science laboratory will bring a new suite of instruments to investigate the Red Planet, search for biosignatures, and prepare for the first astronauts to Mars.

MONROVIA, Calif .— NASA’s next major interplanetary mission is the Mars 2020 rover. The robot explorer is expected to touch down on the Red Planet in February 2021, but there is one key detail ...

NASA plans to send another robotic explorer to the Red Planet in 2020, building on the success of the Curiosity rover.

The next NASA rover headed to Mars, up to now blandly referred to as Mars 2020, has been named Perseverance. That was the winning moniker selected in NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest ...