Why go back to Mars? Far from dead, Mars holds untold potential. Nearly half a century of Mars exploration has yielded ... touched down inside the Gale Crater—means we have wheels down on ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has started off on its most ambitious ascent yet — up the rim of Jezero Crater. Kicking off a new phase of exploration, Perseverance began its trek up the western ...

This is the rim of a crater. Its floor—some 800 meters ... The overarching theme of NASA's current Mars exploration is "follow the water," because where there is water, there might possibly ...

and they could provide clues to the history of liquid water and possible ancient life on Mars. Bacquerel Crater The next stop is another place that may have been teeming with life long ago ...

A hole in the surface of Mars, spotted by the HiRISE camera, reveals a cave below. Protected from the harsh surface of Mars, such pits are believed to be good candidates to contain Martian life ...