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Rendering shows the Perseverance on the rocky brown surface of Mars. The Perseverance resembles a go-cart and has 6 wheels and an arm extending that houses the drill. The top of the Perseverance has a long neck and a camera on top.

PNAS Special Feature – The Scientific Value of Mars Sample Return

January 7, 2025

Categories: In the Media, Planets

Photo shows the rover’s long arm and the rocky brown Martian soil.

Study: Rocks from Mars’ Jezero Crater, which likely predate life on Earth, contain signs of water

August 14, 2024

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

3 Questions: Tanja Bosak on being a Fundamental Science Investigator

January 3, 2023

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments

Perron appointed to named chair; Bosak receives Fundamental Science Investigator Award

October 18, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

MIT welcomes two Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellows for 2022

March 31, 2022

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Community, Life + Environments, Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake

October 7, 2021

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Research

Zeroing in on the origins of Earth’s “single most important evolutionary innovation”

September 28, 2021

Categories: Life + Environments, Research

Bosak elected as American Academy of Microbiology Fellow

March 2, 2021

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty

MIT Faculty Answer Questions about the Mars 2020 Mission

February 17, 2021

Categories: Faculty, Planets, Research

With Perseverance, MIT teams prepare for Mars rover landing

February 17, 2021

Categories: Planets, Research

Field geology at a distance

December 8, 2020

Categories: Faculty, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Life + Environments, Profile, Research

MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research

September 16, 2020

Categories: Awards + Promotions

Persevering! EAPS goes to Mars

July 30, 2020

Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research

Mars 2020 Perserverance has launched: The search for ancient life is on

July 30, 2020

Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research

With Perseverance and a little MOXIE, MIT is going to Mars

July 29, 2020

Categories: Life + Environments, Planets, Research

Faculty promotions

February 7, 2020

Categories: Awards + Promotions, Faculty