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LOCATIONOctavia E. Butler Landing
LAT18.47°
LON77.40°
DISTANCE TRAVELED30.0 km
SOLS ACTIVE1,843
ACTIVE
30.0
KM TRAVELED
TOTAL DISTANCE
18.64 mi
1,843
SOLS
AND COUNTING
600,000
PHOTOS
IMAGES CAPTURED
24
SAMPLES
COLLECTED
1,025
KG
ROVER MASS
2,260 lbs
0.15 km/h (4.2 cm/s)
TOP SPEED
MAXIMUM VELOCITY
Perseverance is a mars rover by NASA / JPL. Landed February 18, 2021. Operating at Octavia E. Butler Landing. Has traveled 30.0 km.
ABOUT PERSEVERANCE
Perseverance is the most advanced rover ever sent to Mars, exploring Jezero Crater — an ancient lake bed that may preserve signs of past microbial life. Landing on February 18, 2021, it is collecting and caching rock samples that will be returned to Earth by a future Mars Sample Return mission. The mission also deployed Ingenuity, the first helicopter to fly on another planet, which completed 72 flights and scouted routes ahead of the rover. Perseverance has confirmed that Jezero once contained a lake fed by a river delta, and has detected organic molecules in multiple rock samples.
KEY DISCOVERIES
- Ancient river delta in Jezero Crater confirmed from ground level
- Organic molecules detected in multiple rock samples
- Samples cached for future Mars Sample Return mission
- Ingenuity demonstrated powered flight on Mars (72 flights)
- Jezero Crater once held a lake fed by a river delta
- Sound speed on Mars is different for different frequencies
TECHNOLOGY & FIRSTS
- First Mars helicopter (Ingenuity u2014 72 flights)
- Sample caching system for Mars Sample Return
- MOXIE: first O2 production on another planet
- Terrain-relative navigation for precision landing
- First recorded sounds from Mars surface (microphones)
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS (8)
Mastcam-Z (stereoscopic zoom cameras)
SuperCam (laser spectrometer/remote mineralogy)
PIXL (Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry)
SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence)
MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment)
MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer)
RIMFAX (Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment)
Ingenuity helicopter (technology demonstration)
SPACECRAFT SPECIFICATIONS
Wheels6
Mass1,025 kg (2,260 lbs)
Dimensions3.0m long, 2.7m wide, 2.2m tall
Top Speed0.15 km/h (4.2 cm/s)
PowerRTG (MMRTG, Plutonium-238) (110W)
CommunicationsUHF relay via MRO/MAVEN + X-band direct to Earth
Design Life1 Mars year (687 sols)
Landing DateFebruary 18, 2021
ProgramMars 2020