The direct descendent of the Rover 200/400 R8 series in platform terms was this, the 1995 Rover R3 200 series. Under the skin, R3 was mostly R8, although it adopted the rear suspension from the Austin Maestro. The good news was that it was a pretty decent car. The bad news was that it wasn’t a full-range successor to the R8, having originally been conceived as a replacement for the smaller Metro. Pic: The Great British Car Journey car park, yesterday 1/3

Perseverance is getting closer to the edge of the rim of the crater, should soon set wheels on the sands of Nili Planum.

Images captured 3 hours ago
#Mars Mar. 04, 2025 (Sol 1435)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The Martian art of bas-relief, sculpted by the Curiosity rover

#Mars Jan. 23, 2025 (Sol 4432)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Curiosity rover wheels inspection: huge hole on this one!

#Mars Jan. 23, 2025 (Sol 4432)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

wowww check out this processing of the 360° panorama captured by Perseverance at Lookout Hill, on the crest of the rim of Jezero Crater. Credit: Andrew Bodrov. The 4.5-billion-pixel panorama is made up of 854 individual Mastcam-Z images stitched together.

https://www.360cities.net/image/mars-panorama-perseverance-rover-martian-solar-day-1356/vr

Martian landscapes, from a 360° panorama captured two days ago by the Curiosity rover

#Mars Dec. 23, 2024 (Sol 4401)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

Wow what a view captured by Perseverance just 8 hours ago. This is probably her new science site: Witch Hazel Hill.

#Mars Dec. 16, 2024 (Sol 1359)
https://areo.info/mars20/ecams/1359

as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond

#Mars Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Looking up at the heights of the crater rim

another segment of an 80-images panorama captured yesterday by Perseverance from the Pico Turquino outlook

#Mars Nov. 23, 2024 (Sol 1337)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

a Mastcam mosaic captured yesterday by the Perseverance rover, from somewhere along “Summerland Trail”, the name the mission has given to the rover’s route up the crater rim.

#Mars Nov. 9, 2024 (Sol 1323)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

For the #Spacetober prompt Robotic Explorer I brought back a new edition of my little linocut Opportunity the Martian Rover. Launched July 8, 2003, Opportunity (Oppie to his fans) was active on Mars from 2004 through 2018, looking at Martian geology to evaluate whether Mars has the potential to support life. 1/2

Mars: red alert

The Mastcam-Z team at Arizona State University has just released a new batch of 52 Martian sols of images, captured by the Perseverance rover, and treated with their beautiful color processing. Check out these wonders!

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what an epic shot

Could be scifi, but no, it's science & technology at work on the red planet. Captured by the Perseverance rover 20 hours ago.

#Mars Oct. 12, 2024 (Sol 1296)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Perseverance Rover Spies Incredible Blue Rocks on Mars and Makes Incredible Discovery https://petapixel.com/2024/10/09/perseverance-rover-spies-incredible-blue-rocks-on-mars-and-makes-incredible-discovery/ #perseverance #science #Space #rover #space #News #mars #NASA

A nice mosaic captured two days ago by Perseverance. If I understand correctly we might see her next targets: "Pico Turquino" the darker patch in the center and the pass to "Witch Hazel Hill" near the highest point. TBC

#Mars Oct. 4, 2024 (Sol 1288)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Phobos is back!

This is a transit of Mars' moon Phobos across the Sun, as seen by the Perseverance rover, eight hours ago.

#Mars Sep. 30, 2024 (Sol 1285)
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

I added several gradations of turbulence to the rover drone at different speeds. I will adjust the final settings of the camera shake later, because it takes a long time to calculate and check

Canadian instrument helps Curiosity discover Martian crystals

In May 2024, while the Curiosity rover was exploring the rugged Martian terrain, it rolled over a rock that cracked open, revealing a surprising discovery: glimmering sulfur crystals. Something never seen before on the red planet!

These crystals are pure, elemental #sulfur, which is unexpected on Mars.

https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/news/articles/2024/2024-09-23-canadian-instrument-helps-curiosity-discover-martian-crystals.asp

Wow that's nice: following her latest move Perseverance can now view a large section of the crater floor, including the iconic Kodiak Butte!

#Mars Sep. 11, 2024 (Sol 1266)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech