NEWS | February 14, 2022
One Year on Mars: Celebrate with the Perseverance Team

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. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Download image ›
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.