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One Year on Mars: Celebrate with the Perseverance Team

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.
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
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
Virtual
Friday,
Feb. 18, 2022

6:45 p.m. PST
Talk by Mission Team Members

Speaker:
Melissa Rice, Co-Investigator, Mastcam-Z
In-Person
Friday,
Feb. 19, 2022

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST
Exhibit Opening
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
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
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.