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Mars 2020

Also known as Perseverance, Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

NASA, JPL · Launched

Explore trajectory

Active · Active

NASA's active Mars 2020 mission operates the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater, searching for signs of ancient microbial life and caching rock and regolith samples.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 541
Launch site
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41
Countries
United States
Mission types
Rover, Technology demonstrator

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Mars 2020 launched

    Earth

  2. Landing

    Perseverance landed in Jezero Crater

    Mars

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Perseverance Rover · Rover · active

    Destinations: Mars

    • Ingenuity Mars Helicopter · Helicopter · completed after 72 flights

      Destinations: Mars

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: July 30, 2020 to February 18, 2021

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Perseverance cruise: Reconstructed · July 30, 2020 to February 18, 2021

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 11, 2026