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Mission overview: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Jul 27, 2020

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is heading to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life, collect samples for future return to Earth and help pave the way for human exploration. The rover will carry with it several technology demonstrations including a helicopter, which will attempt humanity's first powered flight on another planet. Perseverance has a new set of science instruments and the ability to “self-drive” on the Martian surface.

The Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as early as July 30. It is set to land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.

 

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How do you build a Mars Rover?

Jul 27, 2020

How will Perseverance help with future human exploration? And how will the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter work?

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is creating a lot of excitement. The new rover will look for signs of past microbial life, cache rock and soil samples, and prepare for future human exploration.

As part of the assembly, test, and launch operations team, NASA engineer Michelle Colizzi explains the Perseverance rover’s mission. She details how the drill will collect core samples and outlines plans to test a new technology to produce oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.

 

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Perseverance Mars Rover pre-launch news conference

Jul 27, 2020

Learn more about the planned July 30 launch of our Mars 2020 rover from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket, featuring:

- Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator

- Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA Associate Administrator

- Omar Baez, Launch Director, NASA Launch Services Program

- Matt Wallace, Mars 2020 Deputy Project Manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

- Tory Bruno, President and CEO, United Launch Alliance

- Jessica Williams, 45th Space Force Weather Officer

 

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Perseverance Mars Rover Mission engineering & science briefing

Jul 27, 2020

Our Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient life beyond Earth. Find out more about the mission from the scientists and engineers on the team.

Lori Glaze, Planetary Science Division Director, NASA HQ
Jennifer Trosper, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (remote)
Farah Alibay, Second engineer about mobility, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ken Farley, Project Scientist, California Institute of Technology
Tanja Bosak, Sedimentology and Astrobiology Science Team Member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

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Mars rover showdown! Perseverance vs. NASA's '90s rover

Jul 28, 2020

The high-tech Mars 2020 rover is about to launch into space (complete with its own helicopter). But how does this one-tonne beast compare to the original, pint-sized rover we sent to Mars in 1997?

 

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Rocket Ranch Episode 23: Mars 2020: in the midst of a pandemic

Jul 28, 2020

The launch team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has persevered through a global pandemic to get a Mars rover named Perseverance to the launch pad on time. Learn more about the cloud of doubt the virus cast over the Mars 2020 mission and how NASA overcame it.

 

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Episode 9 Part 2: Mars Perseverance Rover Will Look for Signs of Ancient Life

Jul 28, 2020

 

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How the Perseverance Mars Rover will help NASA return Mars samples to Earth

July 29, 2020

When our Perseverance Mars rover launches on July 30, it's set to be the first leg of a series of sample return missions in the search for evidence of life beyond Earth. Watch as experts from both NASA and the European Space Agency discuss how Perseverance will collect samples for future return to Earth.

 

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How NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover's technology will help astronauts explore Mars

July 28, 2020

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover carries technology that helps to lay the way forward for human exploration of the Red Planet. Scientists from NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology explain.

 

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What’s the status of our Perseverance Rover launch to Mars?

July 29, 2020

Reporting from the Countdown Clock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center — America's spaceport — officials from NASA will provide a #CountdownToMars update for the July 30 launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window is approximately two hours, with a launch opportunity every five minutes.

Watch LIVE to see NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, and astronaut Zena Cardman share their insights about the mission.

 

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Why Perseverance is so extraordinary - NASA's Dr. Z explains (exclusive interview)

Jul 29, 2020

 

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Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover launch to Mars!

July 30, 2020

Was there once life on Mars? Our Perseverance rover aims to find out! On Thursday, July 30, watch our new robotic astrobiologist launch on a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. Launching on board will be the most sophisticated set of tools ever sent to Mars, with the hope Perseverance will uncover the planet’s secrets.

Tune in to our live launch broadcast starting at 7 a.m. EDT. Teams are targeting 7:50 a.m. EDT for liftoff of Perseverance atop United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Don’t forget to set a reminder to join us in the #CountdownToMars – you won’t want to miss this historic mission take flight!

 

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Mars 2020 spacecraft separation and acquisition of signal

Jul 30, 2020

NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter, were deployed from the Centaur upper stage of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 launch vehicle approximately 57 minutes after being launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 30 July 2020, at 11:50:00 UTC (07:50 EDT).
Credit: NASA/United Launch Alliance

 

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Perseverance rover and its tumbling booster spotted by robotic telescopes

Jul 31, 2020

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of the spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuitry Mars helicopter. The booster that launched the mission can be seen tumbling in space. -- NASA: Mars rover Perseverance in 'safe mode' after launch, but should recover

"NASA: Mars rover Perseverance in 'safe mode' after launch, but should recover"

by Meghan Bartels
July 31, 2020

 

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Atlas V Mars 2020 launch highlights

Jul 31, 2020

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover for NASA, lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on July 30 at 7:50 a.m. EDT.

 

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Atlas V Mars 2020 Rocket cam

Aug 1, 2020

 

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How will NASA's Perseverance rover search for signs of life on Mars?

Aug 8, 2020

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a suite of instruments that will search for "signs of ancient life: in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater.

 

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NASA's latest Mars rover: will Perseverance find life in 2021? | Science with Sam

Sep 22, 2020

NASA’s latest Mars rover is on its way to the red planet. Its mission: to look for signs of ancient life. Onboard Perseverance is a suite of sophisticated scientific instruments designed to hunt for the signs of past life, including the ability to collect samples to be returned to Earth for study. The Mars 2020 mission will also start to investigate how humans might live there and get back to Earth. And in addition to the rover, the mission includes a helicopter called Ingenuity, which will attempt the first ever flight on another world. Science with Sam takes a closer look.

 

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Article "Hear Audio From NASA's Perseverance As It Travels Through Deep Space"

November 18, 2020

 

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Perseverance Mars Rover pre-landing news conference

Jan 27, 2021

After nearly 300 million miles, our Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. To reach the surface of the Red Planet, it has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.

On Jan. 27 at 4:30 p.m. EST, find out more about the upcoming landing from the scientists and engineers on the team:

Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
Matt Wallace, Mars 2020 deputy project manager, JPL
Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing lead, JPL
Ken Farley, Mars 2020 project scientist, Caltech
Briony Horgan, Mars 2020 science team member, Purdue University