The planet, by the numbers.
Newest photos from Jezero Crater.
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Raw, unprocessed images as they arrive. Every Perseverance raw image
Newest photos from Gale Crater.
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Gale Crater, the last 7 reported sols.
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From Curiosity’s REMS weather station, built by Spain’s Centro de Astrobiología. Temperatures in °C, pressure in pascals. About REMS
Who is at Mars, and who is going.
- Perseverance roverNASA
Jezero Crater, collecting samples
- Curiosity roverNASA
Gale Crater, climbing Mount Sharp
- Mars Reconnaissance OrbiterNASA
Carries HiRISE, the sharpest camera at Mars
- MAVENNASA
Studies how Mars lost its atmosphere
- ESCAPADENASA
Twin small spacecraft to study the Mars magnetosphere
- Mars ExpressESA
Europe's first Mars orbiter, with the HRSC stereo camera
- ExoMars Trace Gas OrbiterESA and Roscosmos
Sniffs the atmosphere for methane and other trace gases
- Hope orbiterUAE
First full picture of Mars weather across a day
- Tianwen-1 and ZhurongChina
China's first Mars orbiter and rover
- Starship to MarsSpaceX
SpaceX's plan to carry cargo and people to Mars
Each link goes to the mission’s official page for its current status.
The people who explore Mars.
The NASA centers, universities, companies and space agencies behind the rovers, orbiters and instruments. Every link checked.
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUSA
Builds and runs Mars rovers and orbiters: Curiosity, Perseverance, Ingenuity, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
- NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterUSA
Leads the MAVEN orbiter and built SAM, Curiosity's chemistry lab.
- NASA Ames Research CenterUSA
Mars climate modeling and astrobiology; Mars Climate Modeling Center.
- NASA Johnson Space CenterUSA
Human Mars mission planning and Mars meteorite and sample science.
- NASA Science Mission Directorate, Mars Exploration ProgramUSA
Runs NASA's Mars program.
- University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary LaboratoryUSA
Runs HiRISE, the sharpest camera orbiting Mars, and led the Phoenix lander.
- HiRISE (University of Arizona)USA
Public archive of HiRISE Mars images.
- Malin Space Science SystemsUSA
Built Curiosity's Mastcam, MAHLI and MARDI cameras and MRO's CTX.
- Arizona State University Mars Space Flight FacilityUSA
THEMIS on Mars Odyssey and the Mastcam-Z team.
- Caltech, Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesUSA
Mars geology and rover science leadership.
- MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesUSA
Mars geophysics, InSight seismology and MOXIE oxygen experiment.
- Los Alamos National LaboratoryUSA
Built ChemCam on Curiosity and co-built SuperCam on Perseverance.
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics LaboratoryUSA
Built CRISM, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spectrometer.
- LASP, University of Colorado BoulderUSA
Instruments on MAVEN and the Emirates Mars Mission.
- SETI InstituteUSA
Mars astrobiology and SuperCam science.
- Southwest Research InstituteUSA
Radiation Assessment Detector on Curiosity and MAVEN instruments.
- Planetary Science InstituteUSA
Mars geology and mapping research.
- Lunar and Planetary InstituteUSA
Mars maps, data and research community hub.
- USGS Astrogeology Science CenterUSA
Official Mars geologic maps and planetary cartography.
- Cornell University, Department of AstronomyUSA
Led the Spirit and Opportunity rover science.
- Purdue University, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesUSA
Perseverance science team and Mars landing site research.
- European Space Agency (ESA)Europe
Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
- German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary ResearchGermany
Runs the HRSC stereo camera on Mars Express.
- CNES (French space agency)France
SuperCam and SEIS partner on Perseverance and InSight.
- IRAP ToulouseFrance
Co-built ChemCam and SuperCam.
- INAF (Italian National Institute for Astrophysics)Italy
MARSIS radar and Mars ice research.
- Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)Spain
Built REMS on Curiosity and MEDA on Perseverance, the Mars weather stations.
- Finnish Meteorological InstituteFinland
Pressure and humidity sensors on Curiosity and Perseverance.
- China National Space Administration (CNSA)China
Tianwen-1 orbiter and the Zhurong rover.
- Mohammed bin Rashid Space CentreUAE
Emirates Mars Mission, the Hope orbiter.
- Emirates Mars MissionUAE
Hope orbiter science and public data.
- ISROIndia
Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan).
- JAXAJapan
Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Phobos.
This week on Mars.
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Fresh science papers.
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