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Jul 30, 2020 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and soil (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.
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The Mars 2020 mission spacecraft that includes the...
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The Mars 2020 mission’s Perseverance rover and other major...
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NASA's Perseverance Rover began its long journey to Mars on...
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Perseverance, nicknamed Percy, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the Jezero crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched on July 30, 2020, at 11:50 UTC . [3]
- 2.9 m × 2.7 m × 2.2 m, (9 ft 6 in × 8 ft 10 in × 7 ft 3 in)
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The launch of Mars 2020 was the third of three space missions sent toward Mars during the July 2020 Mars launch window, with missions also launched by the national space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (the Emirates Mars Mission with the orbiter Hope on July 19, 2020) and China (the Tianwen -1 mission on July 23, 2020, with an orbiter, depl...
- 3,649 kg (8,045 lb)
- 30 July 2020, 11:50:00 UTC
- 1 Mars year (668 sols, 687 Earth days) (planned) 3 years, 2 months and 12 days (elapsed)
- Atlas V 541 (AV-088)
Overview. The Mars 2020 mission spacecraft, carrying the Perseverance rover, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2020. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars about six-and-a-half months later, on Feb. 18, 2021.
