Planet Mars Images: August 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Planet Mars Images: August 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Mars 2020 - Ingenuity Mars helicopter - sol 880

Ingenuity Mars helicopter - sol 881

MSL - sol 3917

MSL - sol 3921

Mars 2020 - sol 884

Mars 2020 - sol 886

MSL - sol 3912

Mars 2020 - sol 879

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Celebrating 11+ Years on Mars (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

Celebrating 2+ Years on Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for return to Earth.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: Aug. 10-18, 2023

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