Mars
Mars 2020 Perseverance
A rover reading Jezero Crater’s rocks for evidence of ancient microbial life.
Interactive three-dimensional model of Mars 2020 Perseverance. Mission information is also available as text below.
Operating on Mars
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Perseverance is exploring Jezero Crater, studying Mars’ past habitability, seeking signs of ancient microbial life, and collecting carefully documented samples for potential future return to Earth.
The launch
- Launch
- July 30, 2020 · 11:50 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida — Space Launch Complex 41
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 541
- Orbit
- Surface mission in Jezero Crater, Mars
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
- Now
Current mission status
Now
Operating on Mars
Objectives
- 01
Study the geology and past habitability of Jezero Crater.
- 02
Seek signs of ancient microbial life.
- 03
Collect and cache rock and regolith samples.
- 04
Test technologies relevant to future human exploration.
Spacecraft
Perseverance rover
- Manufacturer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Launch mass
- 1,025 kg
- Power
- Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
- Mastcam-Z
- SuperCam
- PIXL
- SHERLOC
- MEDA
- RIMFAX
- MOXIE
Gallery
0 images from Mars 2020 Perseverance.
No mission imagery is available yet.
3D model
- Source
- Sketchfab — Perseverance Mars Rover
- Author
- Cybertron B-127
- Usage
- CC BY 4.0
Community-created model used under CC BY 4.0 and optimized for browser delivery; it is not an official NASA engineering model.
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