Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

Quick Facts

Mission Name	Mars 2020
Rover Name	Perseverance
Main Job	The Perseverance rover will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth.
Launch Window	July 17 - Aug. 5, 2020
Launch Location	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Landing	Feb. 18, 2021
Landing Site	Jezero Crater, Mars
Mission Duration	At least one Mars year (about 687 Earth days)
Tech Demo	The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration, hitching a ride on the Perseverance rover.
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Behind the Spacecraft

Meet some of the team members behind the Perseverance rover

Perseverance
Mars Rover

Katie Stack Morgan
Deputy Project Scientist

Moogega Stricker
Planetary Protection Lead

Al Chen
EDL Phase Lead

Heather Bottom
Systems Engineer

Michelle Tomey Colizzi
Aeroshell Vehicle Lead

Diana Trujillo
Phase Lead, Robotic Arm Science

Eric Aguilar
Technical Group Supervisor

Meet the Perseverance Rover

The Perseverance rover has a new, more capable wheel design, among other improvements. For the first time, the rover carries a drill for coring samples from Martian rocks and soil.

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