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Mars 2020 Rover Processing in PHSF - Cleaning
The Mars 2020 rover undergoes processing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 14, 2020.
March 13, 2020
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Artist's Concept: Mars Helicopter
This artist's concept shows the Mars Helicopter on the Martian surface.
March 12, 2020
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Inspecting NASA's Mars Helicopter
The helicopter was tested on a stand while the cruise stage was tested on the rotation fixture.
March 10, 2020
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Inspecting NASA's Mars Helicopter
The helicopter was tested on a stand while the cruise stage was tested on the rotation fixture.
March 10, 2020
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Examining the Mars Helicopter
The helicopter was tested on a stand while the cruise stage was tested on the rotation fixture.
March 10, 2020
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Testing NASA's Mars Helicopter
The helicopter was tested on a stand while the cruise stage was tested on the rotation fixture.
March 10, 2020
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Mars Rover Team Celebrates Their Perseverance
Team members of NASA’s next Mars mission applaud as mission manager Jennifer Trosper unveils a nameplate with "Perseverance" laser-etched into its surface. The image was taken at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on March 5, 2020.
March 9, 2020
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NASA Congratulates Rover Naming Contest Winner
NASA's Thomas Zurbuchen and Lori Glaze congratulate Alexander Mather during a March 5, 2020, celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. The seventh grader submitted the winning entry "Perseverance" to the agency's "Name the Rover" essay contest.
March 5, 2020
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Showing Perseverance
Members of JPL's assembly, test and launch operations team for NASA's Perseverance mission show appreciation for their newly named rover. The image was taken on March 4, 2020, at a payload processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
March 5, 2020
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NASA Rover Naming Contest Winner Alexander Mather
Seventh-grader Alexander Mather of Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, submitted the winning entry in the agency's "Name the Rover" essay contest, making the case to name the Mars 2020 rover "Perseverance."
March 5, 2020
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Perseverance on Mars
This illustration depicts NASA's Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Perseverance will land at the Red Planet's Jezero Crater a little after 3:40 p.m. EST (12:40 p.m. PST) on Feb. 18, 2021.
March 5, 2020
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Mars Perseverance Nameplate
This image of the nameplate secured to the arm of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover was taken at a payload servicing facility at Kennedy Space Center soon after being attached on March 4, 2020. The laser-etched plate serves as a rock and debris shield that will protect a flexible electrical cable.
March 5, 2020
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Mars Sample Return Orbiting Sample Container Concept Model
This image shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container, which will hold tubes of Martian rock and soil samples that will be returned to Earth through a Mars sample return campaign.
February 25, 2020
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Close-up of NASA's Mars 2020 Rover's SHERLOC Instrument
The SHERLOC instrument is located at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
February 20, 2020
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Mars 2020 Sky Crane Processing in PHSF
The Mars 2020 rover undergoes processing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 14, 2020.
February 14, 2020
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Mars 2020 Rover Unbagging in PHSF
The Mars 2020 rover undergoes processing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 13, 2020.
February 13, 2020
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Perseverance in Progress
NASA's Mars 2020 rover, now called Perseverance, undergoes processing at a payload servicing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 14, 2020.
February 12, 2020
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Mars 2020 Rover Arrival
The Mars 2020 rover is offloaded from a C-17 aircraft at the Launch and Landing Facility, formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 12, 2020.
February 12, 2020
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Loading Mars 2020
The shipping container carrying NASA's Mars 2020 rover is readied for loading aboard an Air Force C-17 transport plane at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, on Feb. 11, 2020.
February 12, 2020
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Seeing the Mars 2020 Rover Off
On Feb. 11, 2020, Mars 2020 Assembly, Test and Launch Operations Manager David Gruel watched as members of his team loaded NASA's next Mars rover onto an Air Force C-17 at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California.
February 12, 2020
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Mars Ascent Vehicle Deploying Sample Container in Orbit (Artist's Concept)
As part of a Mars sample return mission, a rocket will carry a container of sample tubes with Martian rock and soil samples into orbit around Mars and release it for pick up by another spacecraft.
February 10, 2020
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Mars Sample Return Lander With Solar Panels Deployed (Artist's Concept)
This illustration of a Mars sample return mission's lander concept shows a spacecraft after touchdown on the Red Planet.
February 10, 2020
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Mars Ascent Vehicle Launching with Samples (Artist's Concept)
This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle, carrying tubes containing rock and soil samples, could be launched from the surface of Mars in one step of the Mars sample return mission.
February 10, 2020
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Robotic Arm Transferring Tubes From Fetch Rover to Lander (Artist's Concept)
In this illustration of a Mars sample return mission concept, a robotic arm transfers samples of Martian rock and soil from a fetch rover onto a lander.
February 10, 2020
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Mars Sample Return Lander Touchdown (Artist's Concept)
In this illustration of a Mars sample return mission concept, a lander carrying a fetch rover touches down on the surface of Mars.
February 10, 2020
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Fetch Rover Approaching Sample Tubes (Artist's Concept)
This illustration shows a concept of what a rover fetching rock and soil samples on Mars for return to Earth could look like.
February 10, 2020
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Mars 2020 With Sample Tubes (Artist's Concept)
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions to retrieve, as seen in this illustration.
February 10, 2020
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Mars 2020 Collecting Sample (Artist's Concept)
In this illustration, NASA's Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars.
February 10, 2020
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SuperCam's Mast Unit Being Tested at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Mast Unit for Mars 2020's SuperCam, shown being tested here, will use a laser to vaporize and study rock material on the Red Planet's surface.
February 7, 2020
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Mars 2020's Aeroshell
The heat shield (left) and back shell (right) that comprise the aeroshell for NASA's Mars 2020 mission are depicted in this image.
January 27, 2020
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Mars 2020 Spin Table Activities in PHSF
Tests to measure the center of gravity and moments of inertia for the Mars 2020 rover aeroshell are performed on the spin table inside Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on Jan. 15, 2020.
January 15, 2020
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Mars 2020 Lift Activities in PHSF
Mars 2020 Lift Activities in Payload Hazardous Serviceing Facility (PHSF) at the Kennedy Space Center.
January 14, 2020
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Media Meet NASA's Mars 2020 Rover and Builders
A member of the media interviews mission team member Jessica Samuels inside JPL’s High Bay 1 clean room on Dec. 27, 2019, during Mars 2020 media day.
December 27, 2019
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Media Meet NASA's Mars 2020 Rover and Builders
During their only opportunity to see NASA's next Mars rover from inside JPL's clean room prior to its shipment to Cape Canaveral, members of the media interview the builders of the Mars 2020 mission.
December 27, 2019
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Spirit and Opportunity in High Bay 1
High Bay 1 looks much as it does today in this photo of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers being tested on Feb. 10, 2003.
December 23, 2019
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High Bay 1 in JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility
The High Bay 1 clean room within the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at JPL is seen in this image taken on Nov. 12, 2019. The Mars 2020 rover is visible just above center.
December 23, 2019
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First Drive Test of NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
On Dec. 17, 2019, engineers took NASA’s next Mars rover for its first spin.
December 19, 2019
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Mars 2020 Rover Is Roving
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers observed the first driving test for NASA's Mars 2020 rover on Dec. 17, 2019.
December 18, 2019
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Mars 2020 Makes Tracks for the Red Planet in the Mars Yard
An engineering model of NASA's Mars 2020 rover makes tracks during a driving test in the Mars Yard, an area that simulates Mars-like conditions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
December 17, 2019
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Side-by-Side: Curiosity and Mars 2020
Illustrations of NASA's Curiosity and Mars 2020 rovers. While the newest rover borrows from Curiosity's design, each has its own role in the ongoing exploration of Mars and the search for ancient life.
December 10, 2019
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Some Differences Between Mars 2020 and Curiosity
NASA's Mars 2020 rover looks virtually the same as Curiosity, but there are a number of differences.
December 10, 2019
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Power for Mars 2020
Power for Mars 2020 The electricity needed to operate NASA's Mars 2020 rover (pictured here) is provided by a power system called a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, or MMRTG. Not pictured in this image, the MMRTG will be placed in the aft of the rover.
November 21, 2019
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Twelve and Twenty
(Left) Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. stands beside NASA's Surveyor 3 spacecraft; the lunar module Intrepid can be seen in the distance. (Right) Mars 2020 rover, seen here in an artist's concept, will make history's most accurate landing on a planetary body when it lands at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
November 20, 2019
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Researching Outback Stromatolites
Scientists from NASA's Mars 2020 and ESA's ExoMars projects study stromatolites, the oldest confirmed fossilized lifeforms on Earth, in the Pilbara region of North West Australia. The image was taken on Aug. 19, 2019.
November 15, 2019
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Jezero Crater's Ancient Lakeshore
Lighter colors represent higher elevation in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates the landing ellipse, where the rover will be touching down on Mars.
November 12, 2019
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Jezero Crater Minerals
Color has been added to highlight minerals in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The green color represents minerals called carbonates, which are especially good at preserving fossilized life on Earth.
November 12, 2019
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover in Test Chamber
In this time-lapse video taken at JPL, engineers move the Mars 2020 rover into a large vacuum chamber for testing in Mars-like environmental conditions.
November 7, 2019
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A Light Touch Required for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
An engineer working on NASA's Mars 2020 mission uses a solar intensity probe to measure and compare the amount of artificial sunlight that reaches different portions of the rover.
October 30, 2019
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That's One Small Step for a Mars Rover
This time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 8, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, captures the first time the Mars 2020 rover carries its full weight on its legs and wheels.
October 24, 2019
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Mars 2020 Unwrapped and Ready for Testing
In time-lapse video bunny-suited engineers remove the inner layer of protective foil on NASA's Mars 2020 rover after it was moved to a different building at JPL for testing.
October 18, 2019
