NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025

Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object – from the closest location any of the agency’s spacecraft may get – that could reveal new details.

At the start of October, three of NASA’s Mars spacecraft had front row seats to view 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object so far discovered in our solar system. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) snapped a close-u