This digital-image mosaic of Mars’ Tharsis plateau shows the extinct volcano Arsia Mons. This image of an area the Mars Perseverance rover team calls “Faillefeu” was captured by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars ...
Mars is one of the only other places NASA know life may have existed in the solar system. The Red Planet is the fourth from the Sun and its reddish surface is covered in iron oxide dust.
Any vehicle traversing the rocky terrain on Mars needs a sturdy set of wheels. NASA’s Perseverance rover, for example, sports thick aluminum ones covered in cleats to enhance its traction and ...