The NASA Perseverance rover's left Mastcam-Z camera captured an image of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. The little Red Planet chopper flew for the 72nd and final time after sustaining damage to its rotor blades.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this photo as Perseverance crossed the 42-kilometer finish line—or is it a starting line? (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA has announced yet another milestone for the Perseverance rover: It's officially traversed the length of a marathon on Mars.

The organic molecules could come from life or from ordinary chemistry — only samples returned to Earth can settle it.

On June 14, 2026, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover completed a marathon, or 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers) as a spacecraft watched from orbit.

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science findings on the way to a new region nicknamed "Lac de ...

The Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain (ERNEST) test rover has been put through its paces with great success.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Nicola Fox explains an intriguing rock that the Perseverance rover inspected named "Cheyava Falls." Credit: NASA

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected complex molecules of carbon on the surface of Mars. These compounds, known as macromolecular carbon, can be produced by living organisms, though that’s not the only way they might form.