Mars 2020
Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission forming part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the rover Perseverance and the small robotic helicopter Ingenuity. The rover was launched on July 30th 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and travelled 293 million miles over a period of 203 days. It weighs 2,263-pounds and is around the size of a car. Mars 2020 was launched from Earth on an Atlas V launch vehicle at 11:50:00 UTC on 30 July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and travelled 293 million miles over a period of 203 days. It weighs 2,263-pounds and is around the size of a car. and confirmation of touch down in Jezero crater on Mars was received at 20:55 UTC on 18 February 2021 On 5 March 2021. NASA named the landing site of the rover Octavia E. Butler Landing. As of 9 March 2021, Perseverance has been on Mars for 18 sols (19 total days; 19 days). Perseverance will investigate an astrobiologically relevant ancient environ...