Mars 2020 Program
NASAs Mars 2020 mission carries the Perseverance rover, an active astrobiology mission exploring Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life and collecting and caching Martian rock and regolith samples for potential future return to Earth. It launched on July 30, 2020 and landed on February 18, 2021.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mars 2020Mars 2020 PerseverancePerseverancePerseverance rover
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Mars 2020 Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- explorationscienceresearch
Details
- Description
- NASAs Mars 2020 mission carries the Perseverance rover, an active astrobiology mission exploring Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life and collecting and caching Martian rock and regolith samples for potential future return to Earth. It launched on July 30, 2020 and landed on February 18, 2021.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2020-07-30
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:35:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 12:35:18 UTC