PIXL

Perseverance’s PIXL Finds Vivianite, Greigite in ‘Cheyava Falls’ Sample

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover generated this mineral map showing the presence of two minerals on the surface of a rock…

Perseverance’s PIXL Instrument Examines ‘Thunderbolt Peak’

This image of a rock target nicknamed Thunderbolt Peak was created by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover using PIXL, which determines…

How Perseverance’s PIXL Gets Close to a Rock Target

This time-lapse video uses an engineering model of one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover to show how…

PIXL Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Studies ‘Ouzel Falls’

PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock…

PIXL Instrument on NASA’s Perseverance Studies ‘Bills Bay’

Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed Bills Bay, the PIXL instrument on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in…

PIXL’s View of Dourbes

These images show a rock target called Dourbes and a map of chemical elements detected within it by PIXL, one…

PIXL Image of Salts in Bellegarde

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its PIXL instrument to analyze the Bellegarde abrasion target, revealing salt minerals.

PIXL’s First Chemical Maps

This data shows chemicals detected within a single rock on Mars by PIXL, one of the instruments on the end…

PIXL’s Nightlight

PIXL requires pictures of its rock targets to autonomously position itself. Using artificial intelligence, PIXL relies on the images to…