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Your source for everything on or about the Red Planet, continuing NASA's six decades of unparalleled exploration and discoveries. We bring you mission updates, spacecraft news, science findings, unique Mars imagery — and a vision for the humanity-defining possibilities that NASA’s presence on Mars will unlock.
First mars close-ups
Mariner 4 (1965)
first successful lander
Viking 1 (1976)
first rover
Sojourner (1997)
first aircraft
Ingenuity (2021)
Perseverance Captures Dust Devils on Mars
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover caught several simultaneous dust devils on camera recently, as they traced along the surface of the Red Planet. But never fear — the thin Martian atmosphere means even the largest twisters lack a powerful punch; less Kansas cyclone, more stiff gust of wind. Perseverance even captured the first audio of a Martian dust devil, when it passed by in 2021.
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