Rovers on the surface
Explore communications involving Perseverance and Curiosity as orbiters pass overhead.
Follow real Mars communications and explore the Red Planet using NASA mission data—inside ProStackAI.
← Back to Space & EarthSee current, past and future communications between Mars rovers and orbiters. The visualization uses real mission data and shows how science collected on the surface is relayed toward Earth.
Explore communications involving Perseverance and Curiosity as orbiters pass overhead.
Mars orbiters act as data relays, moving much larger volumes of rover science back toward Earth.
Relay spacecraft forward data across interplanetary space to large receiving antennas on Earth.
NASA Eyes on the Solar System now includes full Mars terrain. On a desktop or laptop, free-fly mode lets you move across the Martian surface and visit spacecraft locations.