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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.
June 18, 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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Off-site Vertical Integration
United Launch Alliance hoists its Centaur upper stage atop the Atlas V rocket that will launch NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover for the Mars 2020 mission.
June 10, 2020
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Mars 2020 Centaur Upper Stage Arrives at KSC
The single-engine Centaur upper stage for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is being transported to the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
June 10, 2020
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Affixing a Rocket
A United Launch Alliance worker is inside the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on June 9, 2020.
June 9, 2020
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Preparing the Perseverance Mars Rover to Collect Samples on the Red Planet
NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission will collect the first samples from another planet (the red one) for return to Earth by subsequent missions.
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Second Solid Rocket Booster Lift and Mate
A crane is attached to the second of four solid rocket boosters for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket to lift it into the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,
June 3, 2020
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Mars 2020 Solid Rocket Boosters Lift and Mate
Inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the second of four solid rocket boosters for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket is lifted up by crane.
June 3, 2020
