Join the celebration as the Mars 2020 mission team shares their stories marking the one-year anniversary of Perseverance’s dramatic landing with events online and in-person.
Perseverance's Selfie at "Rochette": NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie over a rock nicknamed "Rochette," on September 10, 2021, the 198th Martian day, or sol of the mission.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
Join the celebration as the Mars 2020 mission team shares their stories marking the one-year anniversary of Perseverance’s dramatic landing with events online and in-person. Full-scale rover models are on display in Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City, and virtual opportunities will allow people to join in no matter where they are.
| Date | Event | Venue | Type |
| Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 7 p.m. PST | von Kármán Lecture: One Year on Mars Speakers: - Jennifer Trosper, Project Manager - Katie Stack Morgan, Deputy Project Scientist | Online Talk | Virtual |
| Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 7:30 p.m. PST | Rover Roundup Speaker: Emily Cardarelli, Scientist, SHERLOC | Exploratorium, San Francisco | In-Person |
| Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 2 p.m. PST / 5 p.m. EST | One-Year Anniversary of the Mars Perseverance Rover & Ingenuity Helicopter Speaker: Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity Team Lead | Online Talk Free, registration required | Virtual |
| Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST 1 p.m. PST / 4 p.m. EST | Exhibit Opening Persy’s First Year on Mars with NASA’s Mars Mission Team Speaker: Sunanda Sharma, Scientist, SHERLOC | Exploratorium, San Francisco Online Talk and at Exploratorium, San Francisco | In-Person Virtual + In-Person |
| Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 1 p.m. PST / 4 p.m. EST | Perseverance’s Landiversary: Celebrating A Year of Exploration With NASA’s Mars Rover Speakers: - Swati Mohan, Perseverance Guidance, Navigation & Control Operations Lead - Rachel Kronyak, Perseverance Science Operations Systems Engineer - Raquel Villanueva, Host | Online Talk | Virtual |
| Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 6:45 p.m. PST | Talk by Mission Team Members Speaker: Melissa Rice, Co-Investigator, Mastcam-Z | The Museum of Flight, Seattle | In-Person |
| Friday, Feb. 19, 2022 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST | Exhibit Opening | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City | In-Person |
| Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST | Mission team members onsite | Exploratorium, San Francisco and Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City | In-Person |
| Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 3:15 p.m. PST | Talk by Mission Team Members Speaker: Alyssa Deardorff, Systems Engineer | The Museum of Flight, Seattle | In-Person |
| Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (local time) | Mission team members onsite | Exploratorium, San Francisco and Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City | In-Person |
| Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. EST | Talks by Mission Team Members Speakers: - Nagin Cox, Tactical Mission Lead - Adrian Brown, Deputy Program Scientist | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City 1 p.m. talk Livestream from Intrepid | Virtual + In-Person |
| Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 1 p.m. PST | Rover Roundup Speaker: Sunanda Sharma, Scientist, SHERLOC | Exploratorium, San Francisco | In-Person |
| Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 2 p.m. PST | Talk by Mission Team Member Speaker: Melissa Rice, Co-Investigator, Mastcam-Z | The Museum of Flight, Seattle | In-Person |
| Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. EST | Talks by Mission Team Members Speakers: - Elio Morillo, Mechanisms Lead - Mitch Schulte, Program Scientist | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York City 1 p.m. talk Livestream from Intrepid | Virtual + In-Person |
In the months to follow, museum exhibits continue at these locations before making their way to new stops on the #MarsRoverTour. See the full tour schedule.
