Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover & Curiosity Rover (May 20, 2021)

NASA's Perseverance rover has been on the surface of Mars since February of 2021, joining NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been studying the Red Planet since 2012. Perseverance is now beginning to ramp up its science mission on Mars while preparing to collect samples that will be returned to Earth on a future mission. Curiosity is ready to explore some new Martian terrain. This video provides a mission update from Perseverance Surface Mission Manager Jessica Samuels and Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist Abigail Fraeman. For more information on Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance. For more information on Curiosity, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS