Mars 2020 · Perseverance.
A rover exploring Jezero crater for signs of ancient microbial life and collecting selected rock and regolith samples. It carried Ingenuity, the first aircraft to make powered, controlled flights on another planet.
Historical reference; mission status is a dated editorial snapshot.
Robotic exploration2020Mars
- Agency
- NASA / JPL
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 541
- Destination
- Mars
- Country
- United States
- Launch date, UTC
- Jul 30, 2020, 11:50 AM UTC
- Crew
- Uncrewed
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Mission journey
Documented stages only; missing stages are not inferred.
- 01
Launch
- 02
Mars landing
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