Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars, a site selected for its ancient river delta that may preserve signs of past microbial life. The rover carried the Ingenuity helicopter, which completed the first powered flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. By late 2025, Perseverance identified rock samples described as the best candidate yet for evidence of ancient Martian biology.