Mars 2020 Perseverance rover
NASA Mars rover that launched on 30 July 2020 and landed in Jezero Crater on 18 February 2021. It is recorded here only as the host of the MOXIE oxygen-production experiment (MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment)); its primary objectives are astrobiology and sample caching.
Objective. Seek signs of ancient microbial life and collect rock and regolith samples; resource relevance is limited to carrying MOXIE.
Facts
- Kind
- Spacecraft
- Mission type
- Transport
- Target
- MarsJezero Crater
- Launch
- 2020-07-30
- Phase
- Surface operationsNASA mission page (accessed 2026-09-25) labels Perseverance an active mission.
- Outcome
- Not applicable
- Why it is included
- Carries a resource instrument
What comes next
No planned launch or landing date is recorded.
Participants
Operators, payload owners, carriers and customers are recorded separately.
| Organization | Role |
|---|---|
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Operator |
Carried on this mission
| Record | Kind | Operator |
|---|---|---|
| MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment) | Instrument | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Open evidence gaps
- This site's mission-type categories do not include a science category for the rover, so no mission type is shown.
- Launch vehicle not captured from a primary page.
Sources
3 excerpts from 2 publicationsOne web address counts as one publication.
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is searching for signs of ancient microbial life
Launch / Landing July 30, 2020 / Feb. 18, 2021
The test took place April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since the mission landed Feb. 18.
Cite this record
SpaceMiningData, “Mars 2020 Perseverance rover”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/missions/nasa-mars-2020-perseverance.html. Record checked 2026-11-05.