NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover and have them decide whether each of the listed parts is a sensor or an actuator. When your students have the basic idea of “sensors = input, actuators = output,” display

Raw images of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter in Jezero Crater.

Jan 23, 2025 · Despite being inhospitable to humans, robotic explorers — like NASA’s Perseverance rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — serve as pathfinders to eventually get astronauts to the surface of the Red Planet.

An MMRTG also powers NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, which is designed to explore a habitable site on Mars, collect samples of Mars that could be returned to Earth by a future mission, and test technology that could be useful for future robotic and human exploration. The MMRTG for Perseverance includes a small amount of newly produced

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm. This image was acquired on Oct. 31, 2024 (Sol 1315) at the local mean solar time of 14:37:59.

NASA’s Mars Pathfinder successfully demonstrated a new way to safely land on the Red Planet and deliver the first-ever robotic rover, Sojourner, to the Martian surface.

Nov 2, 2024 · This infographic highlights NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity. The rovers landed on the Red Planet in 2004, in search of answers about the history of water on Mars.

Nov 15, 2024 · Perseverance Rover Approaching Mars: This illustration shows NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely.

Using an onboard focusing process, the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) aboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity created this product by merging two to eight images previously taken by the MAHLI, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

Dec 6, 2024 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.