Now that Percy has reached the top of the crater, it will begin its “Northern Rim” campaign, visiting multiple sites over the next year to take samples while traversing 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).

The Perseverance rover has begun a long climb up the steep rim of Jezero Crater on a quest to discover some of the most ancient rocks on Mars — and the potential for environments that may have ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon arrive at its first stop during its arduous trek to the western edge of Jezero ...

To reach the crater’s rim, Perseverance will have to journey up slopes of up to 23 degrees and gain a total elevation of around 1,000 feet (300 meters).

This panorama shows the area NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will climb in coming months to crest Jezero Crater’s rim. It is made up of 59 images taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z on Aug. 4.

After more than three years exploring the floor of the crater it landed in, Perseverance has begun a monthslong trek to the rim at the top. NASA’s Perseverance rover took this selfie, made up of ...

NASA personnel are celebrating the news that its Perseverance rover has finally reached the top of the Mars’ Jezero Crater rim after a challenging climb that took three-and-a-half months to ...