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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
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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 Lifted Up
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
