More About Perseverance
Want to learn more about Perseverance and Ingenuity and Mars rovers in general? We've assembled a big list of links and information that will get you going on your own journey to Mars and beyond!
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Learn About the Rover - NASA Mars
Take a virtual tour of the Perseverance rover and learn about all of the components in a very up-close way!
Find out all about the 23 cameras on Perseverance including where they are and what they do!
Review NASA’s plan for getting all those samples from the Mars surface after Perseverance has collected them!
Mars Decoder Ring – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
Discover the hidden message found in Perseverance’s parachute in binary code!
The Mars Rovers | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Learn more about the other Mars rovers including the science tools that are on each!
Mars Exploration Rover Instrument Diagrams – NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
See all the instruments that were included on the Curiosity rover!
Curiosity's First Selfie on Mars
Take a look at the first selfie from Mars!
Learn more about Ingenuity including its flight log from Mars!
Color the Mars Helicopter with a Robotics Technologist
Spend some time coloring with an expert and learn about the Ingenuity helicopter!
NASA Mars Exploration Timeline
Find out about all of the missions that have been sent to Mars using this handy timeline!
Just for Fun
Play a low-tech game with someone to learn about the communication delay on Mars!
Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Move your own Mars rover using simple keyboard commands in this interactive online game!
Play Mission Control or Rover in this fun movement activity!
Student Project: Make a Moon or Mars Rover Game | NASA/JPL Edu
Design a Mars rover game using Scratch!
Student Project: Code a Mars Rover Driving Game | NASA/JPL Edu
Learn to code a Mars rover driving game using Python!
Books to Read*
Mars' First Friends by Susanna Leonard Hill and Elisa Paganelli
Mars Science Lab Engineer Diana Trujillo by Kari Cornell
Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration by Rod Pyle
Red Rover: Curiosity on Mars by Richard Ho and Katherine Roy
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (learn more about this book on The Museum’s Flight Deck Podcast)
Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth by Kate Greene
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum
*Books with linked titles are available in the Museum Store!
