To Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before: Exploration with Autonomous Robots (Live Public Talk)
Mar 10, 2023
The Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars in February 2021, has the most advanced autonomous driving capability ever flown to Mars. Having such an advanced capability contributes to the rover's challenging mission to discover signs of life that may have existed on Mars in a distant past. This talk provides an overview on the current research and development efforts on robotics autonomy at JPL, with an emphasis on enhancing the safety, efficiency, and performance of robotic mobility through the applications of risk-aware decision making and machine learning.
Speakers:
Masahiro Ono, Robotic Mobility Engineer, NASA JPL
Host:
Brian White, Office of Communications and Education, NASA JPL
Co-Host:
Rachel Etheredge, Lead Producer – The Studio, NASA JPL
Article "Has NASA finally found life on Mars? Perseverance collects key samples of Martian soil (but they won't reach Earth until 2033)"
NASA's Perseverance Rover has collected its 19th sample of Martian material
This is the first to be picked up from the top of the river delta in the Jezero Crater
All samples will be sent to Earth by 2033, and will be studied for signs of life
by Fiona Jackson
April 3, 2023
Article "NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter breaks records once again"
The off-world chopper flew to its highest altitude and speed on its 49th mission on the Red Planet.
by Chris Young
April 5, 2023
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter celebrates 50 flights
Apr 14, 2023
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. Since then, it has exceeded expectations and most recently executed its 50th flight on Mars. This video highlights Ingenuity’s flights, captured by the Perseverance Rover’s WATSON and Mastcam-Z cameras, as well as Ingenuity’s color Return to Earth (RTE) camera and its black-and-white navigation camera.
Belva Crater seen by Perseverance
May 19, 2023
Belva Crater, Mars, viewed through 152 individual images taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on 22 April 2023. The large boulder seen in the far right of the mosaic is about 20 metres away from Perseverance and is about 1.5 metres in diameter.
Article "Perseverance gets back in contact with Ingenuity"
by Brianna Wessling
July 4, 2023
Curiosity Rover’s Most Challenging Climb Yet (Mars Report - August 2023)
Aug 3, 2023
NASA’s Curiosity rover recently made its most challenging climb on Mars. Curiosity faced a steep, slippery slope on its journey up Mount Sharp, so rover drivers had to come up with a creative detour. After the detour, Curiosity stopped by a new area with intriguing impact craters to explore.
This edition of the Mars Report, set in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Yard and the Curiosity rover operations area, features rover driver Dane Schoelen explaining how the team found another route with less hazardous terrain. Curiosity will celebrate its 11th anniversary on Mars on Aug. 5.
Perseverance rover captures Martian dust devil traveling at 12 mph!
Sep 29, 2023
NASA's Perseverance rover captured a dust devil on Mars traveling at 12 miles per hour (17 kph) on Aug. 30, 2023 about 2.5 miles away. "The video, which was sped up 20 times, is composed of 21 frames taken four seconds apart," according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The dust devil was in a region called "Thorofare Ridge."
Two views of a high-altitude flight for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Nov 22, 2023
As NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter made its 59th flight on Mars – achieving its second highest altitude while taking pictures of this flight – the Perseverance Mars rover was watching. See two perspectives of this 142-second flight that reached an altitude of 66 feet (20 meters). This flight took place on Sept.16, 2023.
In this side-by-side video, you’ll see the perspective from Perseverance on the left, which was captured by the rover’s Mastcam-Z imager from about 180 feet (55 meters) away. On the right, you’ll see the perspective from Ingenuity, which was taken by its downward-pointing Navigation Camera (Navcam). During Flight 59, Ingenuity hovered at different altitudes to check Martian wind patterns. The highest altitude achieved in this flight was 66 feet. At the time, that was a record for the helicopter.
Ingenuity is the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on another planet. It has completed 66 flights since April 19, 2021. That far exceeds its originally planned technology demonstration of up to five flights. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations for Ingenuity and Perseverance. Arizona State University leads the operations of the Mastcam-Z instrument on Perseverance, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego.
Article "NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter sets new distance record on the Red Planet"
by Mike Wall
January 3, 2024
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