Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Microphone Captures Sounds from Mars - A

This set of sounds from the surface of Mars were recorded by the microphone on the side of NASA’s Perseverance Rover on February 20, 2021. In the first set, sounds from the rover itself dominate....

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: The First Aircraft on Mars

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered flight on another planet next spring. It is riding with the agency's next mission to Mars (the Mars 2020 Perseverance r...

How Do Sounds on Mars Differ from Sounds on Earth?

Did you know sound works differently on Mars than it does on Earth? Mars has a different atmosphere than Earth, so sounds on the Red Planet would sound a bit different and be more muffled. NASA’s...

How Do Sounds on Mars Differ from Sounds on Earth?


Did you know sound works differently on Mars than it does on Earth? Mars has a different atmosphere than Earth, so sounds on the Red Planet would sound a bit different and be more muffled. NASA’s...

Mars' Ancient Ocean

For decades, planetary scientists have suspected that ancient Mars was a much warmer, wetter environment than it is today, but estimates of just how much water Mars has lost since its formation var...

Ingenuity Helicopter Inspires Future Flights on Mars (Mars Report - April 2023)

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet – and it’s inspiring future aerial exploration of the Red Planet, too. In...

JPL-20200610-M2020f-0001-Building Mars 2020 - Documentation - Samuel Molleur

Building the Mars 2020 rover at JPL. This video won third place honors in the Documentation category of NASA's Videographer of the Year 2019 awards for Samuel Molleur.

What Is Winter Like on Mars? (NASA Mars News Report)

Snow falls and ice and frost form on Mars, too. NASA's spacecraft on and orbiting the Red Planet reveal the similarities to and differences from how we experience winter on Earth.

Nasa’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Test Flight Campaign

B-roll for media use. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter arrived on the Red Planet attached to the belly of the agency's Perseverance rover, which touched down on Feb. 18, 2021. The small rotorcraf...

Mars 2020 Perserverance Rover Post Landing Briefing

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the suc...

Mars 2020 Perserverance - Initial Surface Checkout Briefing

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the suc...

JPL-20200210-MARSf-0001-Mars Sample Return-1080

Raquel Villaneuava interviews Jessica Samuels and Austin Nicholas about the Mars 2020 rover and the future of Mars Sample Return.

JPL-20200429-TECHf-0001-Mars Helicopter Media Reel 04272020

B-roll for media. NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. It will fly to Mars attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover,...

Mars Helicopter Prepares for Takeoff

Beginning April 2021, the window opens for the first flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. It will be history’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet. Ingenuity ...

Mars - The Search Begins Documentary

NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Testing Media Reel

B-roll for media. NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history's first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet next spring. Before the project was approved by NASA to ride wit...

The Australian Outback & NASA's Search for Life on Mars

How will we know if there is life on Mars? What geological clues can our Martian orbiters and rovers search for and collect samples of to return home to Earth? Stromatolites in the Pilbara region o...

Mars 2020 Perseverance Landing Coverage with Commentary

The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the suc...

The Most Extreme Flights of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (Mars Report)

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter pushed aerodynamic limits during the final months of its mission, setting new records for speed, distance, and altitude. Hear from Ingenuity chief engineer Travis...

How Does NASA Name Things on Mars? (Mars Report - June 2023)

NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers are exploring new terrain on Mars every day, adding thousands of names to the Red Planet over the last few years. Set in the Perseverance rover operations...

JPL-20200515-M2020f-0001-Mars 2020 Media Reel Updated

B-roll for media. NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which includes the Perseverance rover, is launching to the Red Planet in July or August 2020. It will land on Mars February 18, 2021. Much of this footag...

Mars Helicopter First Flight Watch Along

Live multi-camera watch along as the Mars Helicopter team receives data regarding the first ever powered flight on another planet.

Earth to Mars: How NASA Keeps Curiosity Connected (Mars Report)

NASA’s Curiosity rover is exploring a scientifically exciting area on Mars, but communicating with the mission team on Earth has recently been a challenge due to both the current season and the s...

Getting NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover to Launch During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Getting a Mars rover built, tested and to the launch pad is a feat that requires the dedication of hundreds of team members. The team behind NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover faced one of its bigges...

NASA Mars Report: Dec. 20, 2018

NASA’s InSight has been busy. After landing on the Red Planet, the mission sent home pictures and sound, then placed its first instrument on the planet's surface. Plus, find out what the Curiosit...

The Australian Outback and the Search for Life on Mars

In June of 2023, members of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, the Australian Space Agency, ESA (European Space Agency), and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizatio...

Mars 2020 Mars Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing

Mars 2020 Mars Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing with representatives from NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Participants: Jeff: Sheehy, NASA HQ STMD; MiMi Aung, Mars Helic...

What Would Mars Look Like if an Astronaut Could Orbit the Planet? (Mars Report - Nov. 2023)

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured the first-ever views of Mars that showcase the curving horizon and layers of atmosphere, similar to what an astronaut sees of Earth from the International Spa...

Have Humans Ever Visited Mars

Have humans ever visited Mars? Not yet, but we’ve sent lots of rovers, landers and orbiters to explore the Red Planet. NASA has two operating rovers — Curiosity and Perseverance — which are c...

Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars, as the World Watches

On Feb. 18, 2021, the world watched live as NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team attempted the most daring part of its mission: landing the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Viewers around the ...