Mission Timeline

This mosaic shows part of the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took through a portion of a boulder field dubbed “Snowdrift Peak.” With the help of its self-driving autonomous navigation system, ...

The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of the Perseverance rover on Feb. 24, 2021.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover carries two commercial-grade microphones, including this one on its mast. The mast microphone is part of the SuperCam instrument.

All landings on Mars are difficult, but NASA's Perseverance rover is attempting to touch down in the most challenging terrain on Mars ever targeted. 

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter extends vertically into place after being rotated outward from its horizontal position on the belly of the Perseverance rover on March 29, 2021.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this enhanced color image of “Hogwallow Flats” on June 6, 2022, the 461st Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Use this interactive virtual landing packet to learn more about the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing and download all the printable resources available for landing.

Interact with this 3D model of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover.

Collecting samples from Mars and bringing them back to Earth is a historic undertaking that starts with the launch of NASA's Mars 2020 rover. 

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this Martian dust devil moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph) along “Thorofare Ridge” on Aug. 30. The video, which was sped up 20 times, is compo...

JPL engineers are working on a small helicopter that could 'scout' a trail for future Mars rovers, but getting a chopper that could fly in the Martian atmosphere is tricky.

In this project, you will use Python to code a game that simulates how NASA explores Mars using rovers. Your game will challenge players to drive a Mars rover from one location to another while avo...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover carries two commercial-grade microphones, including this one on its chassis.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flew over these sand dunes and rocks during its ninth flight, on July 5, 2021. While the agency’s Perseverance Mars can’t risk getting stuck in this sand, scientist...

One of the enhanced engineering cameras with a prototype lens for the Hazcams, which will watch for obstacles encountered by the Mars 2020 rover.

A technician works on the descent stage for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission inside JPL’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility. Mars 2020 is slated to carry NASA’s next Mars rover to the Red Planet in July of 2020.

In this illustration, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away

This 3D view of an area the Mars Perseverance rover team calls “Faillefeu” was created from data collected by NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its 13th flight at Mars on Sept. 4, 2021.

One of two wind sensors springs out of the mast on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. These sensors are part of Perseverance's weather instrumentation, called MEDA.

During a Dec. 6, 2022 webinar, students who have overcome academic challenges were honored with personal messages from the Perseverance rover on Mars.

When NASA’s Mars 2020 rover lands on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021, it will seek signs of past microbial life and characterize the planet’s climate and geology.

This graphic provides an oblique view of Mars’ Jezero crater -- looking west above the crater floor.

MEDLI2 sensors are installed on the Mars 2020 heat shield and back shell prior that will protect NASA's Perseverance rover on its journey to the surface of Mars.

A member of a science field team operates a subsurface radar in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a practice exercise that lasted several days. The field team stood in for NASA's Persev...

NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will be the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet.