Spacecraft · NASA

Perseverance

ExplorationActive

Overview

NASA's Mars 2020 rover, seeking signs of ancient life and caching rock cores in Jezero crater.

Scientific instruments

Mastcam-ZMultispectral, stereoscopic, zoomable images of the Martian surface
SuperCamRock and soil chemistry and mineralogy by remote laser analysis
MOXIEProduction of oxygen from the Martian carbon-dioxide atmosphere

Knowledge connections

Part of missionMars 2020
Landed onMars
Operated byNASA
Carries instrumentMastcam-Z
Carries instrumentSuperCam
Carries instrumentMOXIE
Associated withIngenuity Makes the First Powered Flight on Another World

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NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.

Quick facts

Type: Spacecraft
Spacecraft type: Rover
Agency: NASA
Status: Active

Provenance & sources

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Historical evidenceconfirmed
NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars on 18 February 2021 to seek signs of ancient microbial life and to cache samples for possible future return to Earth.
Source: NASA Science · Public domain (US Government work)

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Scientific citations

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Mission pagePerseverance (Mars 2020) — NASA

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Cite (APA / BibTeX)

NASA (n.d.). Perseverance (Mars 2020) — NASA. NASA. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/

@misc{cite:mission-spacecraft-perseverance,
  title        = {Perseverance (Mars 2020) — NASA},
  organization = {NASA},
  year         = {n.d.},
  url          = {https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/},
  note         = {NASA mission page for Perseverance (Mars 2020).}
}

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NASA (n.d.). Perseverance (Mars 2020) — NASA. NASA. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/ @misc{cite:mission-spacecraft-perseverance, title = {Perseverance (Mars 2020) — NASA}, organization = {NASA}, year = {n.d.}, url = {https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/}, note = {NASA mission page for Perseverance (Mars 2020).} }