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Mars 2020 Perseverance Encapsulation
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover was prepared for encapsulation in the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairing on June 18, 2020. Perseverance is scheduled to launch in summer 2020 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
June 29, 2020
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The Team for Jezero Crater
Members of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission pose at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the mission, on July 17, 2019.
June 17, 2020
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Healthcare Workers to Be Honored on Mars
Attached to the Perseverance Mars rover, this 3-by-5-inch (8-by-13-centimeter) aluminum plate commemorates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world.
June 17, 2020
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Perseverance Rover With Commemorative Plate
Seen from below, NASA's he Mars 2020 Perseverance rover bears a plaque to the right of its middle wheel. Featuring a snake-entwined rod to symbolize healing and medicine, it commemorates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and honors the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world.
June 17, 2020
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One Last Earthly Look
The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission's disk-shaped cruise stage sits atop the back shell, which contains the powered descent stage and Perseverance rover. The brass-colored heat shield below is about to be attached in this image taken on May 28, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
June 17, 2020
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Rocket to Mars
In this artist's concept, a two-stage United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle speeds the Mars 2020 spacecraft toward the Red Planet. This will be NASA's fifth Mars launch on an Atlas V, which stands at 197 feet (60 meters) tall.
June 17, 2020
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PIXL Takes Aim at Rocks (Illustration)
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) instrument to analyze a rock on the surface of Mars.
June 16, 2020
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
The launch period window for NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance opens on July 20, 2020. The mission marks humanity's first step in returning samples from another planet and will seek past signs on Mars while demonstrating key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration.
June 15, 2020
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Science Instruments on NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
The Perseverance rover carries seven instruments to conduct its science and exploration technology investigations.
June 11, 2020
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Mars 2020 Launch Vehicle on Stand
Preparations are underway to lift the United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover and move it into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on May 28, 2020.
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Booster Offload
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is lifted up in the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on May 28, 2020.
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Launch Vehicle on Stand
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is lifted up in the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on May 28, 2020.d
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Booster Disembarks
In this view from inside the Antonov 124 cargo aircraft, the United Launch Alliance booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is offloaded at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida.
June 3, 2020
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Swabbing Perseverance Sample Tubes
Planetary protection engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California swab engineering models of the the tubes that will store Martian rock and sediment samples as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.
June 3, 2020
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Cleaning Mars 2020
Wiping down hardware is part of the strategy to limit the number of Earth microbes going to the Red Planet for NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Booster Arrives at the Cape
The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover into space is offloaded from an Antonov cargo plane at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
June 3, 2020
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From Colombia to Mars: Diana Trujillo
After moving from Colombia to the U.S.. Diana Trujillo cleaned houses to pave her way through college, paving a path to NASA-JPL as a Mars engineer.
June 2, 2020
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Prepping Perseverance Descent and Entry Components
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Backshell-Powered Descent Vehicle and Entry Vehicle assemblies are being prepared to be attached to the Mars Perseverance rover on May 4, 2020.
May 26, 2020
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Mineral Map Created During a Test of SHERLOC
In this test image by SHERLOC, an instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, each color represents a different mineral detected on a rock's surface.
May 26, 2020
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Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument
An engineering model of SHERLOC, one the instruments onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Located on the end of the rover's robotic arm, SHERLOC will help determine which samples to take so that they can be sealed in metal tubes and left on the Martian surface for future return to Earth.
May 26, 2020
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Mars 2020 Rover and Helicopter Lithograph
Download a PDF of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Lithograph.
May 22, 2020
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Mars Rocket Arrives by Air
The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover into space is offloaded from an Antonov cargo plane at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020.
May 21, 2020
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NASA Wallops Cargo Plane Helps Mars Mission
This animated GIF shows a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 soon after landing Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020. The cargo plane was carrying nearly 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of mission flight hardware, test gear and equipment for the agency's Mars-bound Perseverance rover mission.
May 21, 2020
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Mars Mission Sound Check
The spacecraft that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars is examined prior to an acoustic test in the Environmental Test Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The image was taken on April 11, 2019.
May 18, 2020
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Perseverance Rover Gets in Launch Shape
This image of the rocket-powered descent stage sitting on to of NASA's Perseverance rover was taken in a clean room at Kennedy Space Center on April 29, 2020.
May 7, 2020
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Protecting NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
The cone-shaped back shell for NASA's Perseverance rover mission is shown in this April 29, 2020, image from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
May 7, 2020
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Perseverance from Below
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover's descent stage was recently stacked atop the rover at Kennedy Space Center, and the two were placed in their back shell. The Ingenuity helicopter can be seen attached to the rover's underside (lower center of the image).
May 7, 2020
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Science on the Horizon
Michael Tuite and Rachel Kronyak of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory served as part of the desert field team, sending images and data for review by scientists who will work with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
May 6, 2020
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Scientists Training for Mars Rover Operations
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory participate in a training exercise in February 2020. They reviewed images and data sent by a field team in the Nevada desert, discussing where to send their simulated "rover" next.
May 6, 2020
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Stromatolites in the Nevada Desert
Made from fossilized microbes and sediment, these rounded rocks are stromatolites that were found in a dry lakebed during the field exercise. Scientists hope to find something similar in the dry lakebed Perseverance will be exploring on Mars.
May 6, 2020
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Subsurface Radar That Looks Like a Jogging Stroller
A member of a science field team operates a subsurface radar in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a practice exercise that lasted several days. The field team stood in for NASA's Perseverance rover, sending data to and receiving commands from scientists located remotely.
May 6, 2020
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Cameras in the Nevada Desert
Two members of the field team set up cameras as part of the simulated rover operation. The images they provided were intended to stand in for what a rover's instruments might send back from Mars.
May 6, 2020
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Perseverance Field Team Sets up in Nevada Desert
Standing in for a rover, a field team sets up equipment in a dry lakebed in the Nevada desert in February 2020.
May 6, 2020
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Vaneeza Rupani by Her Bookshelf
Vaneeza Rupani, the 11th grader who named the Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity), at home in Northport, Alabama.
April 29, 2020
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
The flight model of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
April 29, 2020
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High School Junior Names NASA's Mars Helicopter
Vaneeza Rupani (inset), a junior at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama, came up with the name Ingenuity for NASA's Mars Helicopter (an artist's impression of which is seen here) and the motivation behind it during NASA's "Name the Rover" essay contest.
April 29, 2020
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Map of NASA's Mars Landing Sites
This map of the Red Planet shows Jezero Crater, where NASA's Mars 2020 rover is scheduled to land in February 2021. Also included are the locations where all of NASA's other successful Mars missions touched down.
April 27, 2020
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Countdown to Launch
Ian Clark walks past mission countdown clocks in the Perseverance offices at JPL. Clark was needed on-Lab to supervise the assembly and cleaning of the sample tubes that will hold Martian sediment and rock.
April 21, 2020
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Smartphone Walkdown
A technician points a smartphone camera at NASA's Perseverance rover during an inspection at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The imagery from the phone was seen live by mission engineers watching from their home offices in Southern California.
April 21, 2020
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Portraits in Perseverance
Members of NASA's Perseverance rover mission work remotely from home during the coronavirus outbreak.
April 21, 2020
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Lifting Perseverance Rover
NASA's Perseverance rover is moved during a test of its mass properties at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The image was taken on April 7, 2020.
April 20, 2020
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Perseverance Rover on Spin Table at Kennedy Space Center
Another view of NASA's Perseverance rover attached to a spin table during a test of its mass properties at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The image was taken on April 7, 2020.
April 20, 2020
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Inverted Rover at Kennedy Space Center
This image of the Perseverance Mars rover was taken at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 7, 2020, during a test of the vehicle's mass properties.
April 20, 2020
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Mars Helicopter Aboard Perseverance
The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020. The helicopter will be deployed about two-and-a-half months after Perseverance lands.
April 10, 2020
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Mars Helicopter and Perseverance Rover
The Mars Helicopter, visible in lower center of the image, was attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020.
April 10, 2020
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Curiosity's and Perseverance's Wheels
Illustrated here, the aluminum wheels of NASA's Curiosity (left) and Perseverance rovers. Slightly larger in diameter and narrower, 20.7 inches (52.6 centimeters) versus 20 inches (50.8 centimeters), Perseverance's wheels have twice as many treads, and are gently curved instead of chevron-patterned.
April 3, 2020
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Gift Wrapped Mars Wheel
This wheel, and five others just like it, heads to Mars on NASA's Perseverance rover this summer. Wrapped in a protective antistatic foil that will be removed before launch, the wheel is 20.7 inches (52.6 centimeters) in diameter. The image was taken on March 30, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
April 3, 2020
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Wheels Up for Perseverance Rover
Three of the six flight wheels that will travel to Mars can be seen attached to NASA's Perseverance rover (which is inverted on a handling fixture) on March 30, 2020 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The protective antistatic foil covering the wheels will be removed before launch this summer.
April 3, 2020
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'Send Your Name' Placard Attached to Perseverance
A placard commemorating NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign was installed on the Perseverance Mars rover on March 16, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center. Three silicon chips (upper left corner) were stenciled with 10,932,295 names and the essays from 155 finalists in NASA's "Name the Rover" contest.
March 26, 2020
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Perseverance Rover at Cape
Top center: The plate on the aft crossbeam of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover — seen here on March 16, 2020, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center— carries 10,932,295 names submitted by people during NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign and essays of the 155 finalists in the "Name the Rover" contest.
March 26, 2020
