Perseverance (NASA Rover) Mars 2020

In the next few months there will be three separate missions heading to Mars, from three very different space agencies. This year has involved major challenges for all three countries involved - but the missions are all planned to go ahead. This film looks at why 2020 is set to be the year of Mars. You can read more about the three Mars missions here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01861-0 Sign up for the Nature Briefing: An essential round-up of science news, opinion and analysis, free in your inbox every weekday: https://go.nature.com/371OcVF

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Find out why astrobiologists are excited for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover! In this episode, Dr. Paula Welander discusses the importance of returning samples from Mars and the symbol of hope that this mission provides in difficult times. Join us at NASA Astrobiology as we countdown to Mars 2020: the launch of the Perseverance rover! Each weekday from July 1st, 2020 until launch day, we'll be showcasing some of our favorite astrobiologists who study the red planet and share why they are so excited for this upcoming mission. Created by Mike Toillion Music by Mike Toillion & Sam Doshier #CountdownToMars

Find out why astrobiologists are excited for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover! In this episode, Dr. Kennda Lynch discusses the importance of the Perseverance landing site, Jezero crater, and if paleolake basins like it could harbor signs of ancient life. Join us at NASA Astrobiology as we countdown to Mars 2020: the launch of the Perseverance rover! Each weekday from July 1st, 2020 until launch day, we'll be showcasing some of our favorite astrobiologists who study the red planet and share why they are so excited for this upcoming mission. Created by Mike Toillion Music by Mike Toillion & Sam Doshier #CountdownToMars

NASA's next Mars rover has a name – Perseverance. Like every exploration mission before, our rover is going to face challenges, and it’s going to make amazing discoveries.  The time at hand is hard. We have already surmounted many obstacles on our way to Red Planet, but as humans we will not give up. We will always persevere. Targeted for launch in July 2020, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover will search for signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past and for signs of past microbial life itself. Learn more about the mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Produced by brother Directed by Theodore Melfi Narrated by Octavia Spencer Music Credit: RONE - MOTION III Composed and produced by Erwan Castex Arranged by Romain Allender Performed by Rone, Vanessa Wagner & Les siècles Orchestra iF3073 - ℗ & © 2018 InFiné Published by InFiné Éditions / Warner Chappell Music Publishing

Find out why astrobiologists are excited for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover! In this episode, Dr. Sarah Stewart Johnson discusses the importance of getting samples back from Mars and the search for what she calls "agnostic biosignatures"! Join us at NASA Astrobiology as we countdown to Mars 2020: the launch of the Perseverance rover! Each weekday from July 1st, 2020 until launch day, we'll be showcasing some of our favorite astrobiologists who study the red planet and share why they are so excited for this upcoming mission. Created by Mike Toillion Music by Mike Toillion & Sam Doshier #CountdownToMars

Find out why astrobiologists are excited for the launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover! In this episode, Dr. Mackenzie Day from UCLA discusses Martian wind and the rare opportunity presented to study its effects without the usual weather conditions on Earth. Join us at NASA Astrobiology as we countdown to Mars 2020: the launch of the Perseverance rover! Each weekday from July 1st, 2020 until launch day, we'll be showcasing some of our favorite astrobiologists who study the red planet and share why they are so excited for this upcoming mission. Created by Mike Toillion Music by Mike Toillion & Sam Doshier #CountdownToMars

NASA’s next Mars Rover, Perseverance, is set to launch July 20th, 2020. The latest mission in NASA’s Mars Exploration Program has the direct aim to seek out traces of past life on Mars. Perseverance has the potential to answer some of our most fundamental questions regarding our existence in the universe and whether or not we are alone. Please join us on Sunday, June 28th, 2020 at 8:00pm for a virtual presentation titled: “The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover; A mission overview and an insider’s perspective on what it is like to work with an extraordinary team on an incredibly complex project.” An overview of the Perseverance Rover’s mission objectives and lifecycle from inception to operation will be presented followed by a discussion of a summer engineering intern’s firsthand experience working with the Perseverance Rover’s team. The presentation will be hosted by Evan Kramer, a spring 2020 graduate from the University of Maryland’s Department of Aerospace Engineering, a NASA/JPL summer 2019 engineering intern for the Perseverance Rover’s Payload Office, and a former NOVAC member. He will be joined by special guest, Zachary Bailey, NASA/JPL’s instrument engineer for Perseverance’s SHERLOC instrument and the former instrument engineer for Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z instrument. After the presentation, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions of both Evan and Zach during a Q&A

The Perseverance Rover will launch this summer (July 17 – Aug. 5, 2020) and head to Jezero Crater, where it will land at the foot of a river delta which was clearly a lake at the time microbial life was flourishing on Earth. The American Museum of Natural History’s Director of Astrovisualization Carter Emmart will lead us on an exploration of this exciting landing site as we fly over it together using OpenSpace, NASA-supported software. We will see why Jezero Crater was chosen and the features it has to offer for this latest in NASA’s series of Mars rovers to investigate past conditions which could have supported life. During the live webcast, attendees will be able to interact with NASA scientists by asking questions (using the chat feature) that relate to NASA’s 2020 Mars Mission. The participating scientists are: * Dr. Elizabeth Rampe: (NASA Johnson Space Center Exploration Mission Scientist) * Dr. Germán Martínez: (LPI Staff Scientist) * Dr. Kennda Lynch (LPI Staff Scientist) This live OpenSpace webcast is brought to you by the STAR Library Network’s [email protected] My Library program in partnership with the Lunar and Planetary Institute, the American Library Association, and the American Museum of Natural History. For more about STAR Net, visit http://www.starnetlibraries.org. --- The content is rendered using the open-source astrovisualization software OpenSpace (http://openspaceproject.com), developed in collaboration between American Museum of Natural History, Linköping University, New York University, and the University of Utah. OpenSpace is funded in part by NASA under award No NNX16AB93A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. OpenSpace is also funded in part by the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden and the Swedish e-Science Research Centre. #livestream #astronomy #mars2020 #perseverance

NASA's new Mars rover is launching this summer. It's humanity's first step to studying the Martian surface like never before, and its impact will be on par with the Apollo missions. »Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »Watch more Focal Point | https://bit.ly/2s0cf7w » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Mars sample return has been a high priority for the scientific community for a long time, and an upcoming launch is an ambitious new chapter in Mars exploration. A Mars Sample-Return mission is exactly what it sounds like—a spaceflight mission to the red planet to collect rock and dust samples and bring them back to Earth. This mission’s landing site is Jezero Crater, and the launch of the new Mars rover is the first step in a series of proposed missions over the span of a decade to bring samples back, with all of the source material. In this Focal Point, we speak with Eric Aguilar, Mars 2020 System Testbed Manager at NASA/JPL, and Chris Herd, PhD, a Mars 2020 Return Sample Scientist and Professor at the University of Alberta, to learn more about the mission to Mars. The rover is slated to launch this summer, watch to find out more about its upcoming journey across the red planet. #Mars #NASA #SpaceTravel #MarsMission #SpaceExploration #Seeker #Science #FocalPoint ____________________ Read More: Mars 2020 Mission Overview https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/ “The Mars 2020 mission with its Perseverance rover is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars 2020 mission addresses high-priority science goals for Mars exploration, including key astrobiology questions about the potential for life on Mars.” Mars sample return https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Mars_sample_return “Orbiters, landers and rovers sent to Mars carry compact equipment and instruments that limit the science that can be achieved on any given mission. Studying Mars samples on Earth will allow scientists to share resources and send samples to the best laboratories around the world for analysis – laboratories so complicated and heavy they would be impossible to take to Mars.” Space Samples Link NASA's Apollo 11 and Mars 2020 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/space-samples-link-nasas-apollo-11-and-mars-2020 “With its launch window opening on July 17, 2020 — less than a year from today —NASA's Mars 2020 rover will mark another first: The rover will not only seek signs of ancient habitable conditions and past microbial life but will collect rock and soil samples, storing them on the planet's surface for a future mission to retrieve.” ____________________ Our scientific understanding of the universe is advancing at an unprecedented rate. Join Focal Point as we meet the people building tomorrow’s world. Witness the astonishing discoveries that will propel humanity forward and zero-in on the places where science-fiction becomes science-reality. Seeker empowers the curious to understand the science shaping our world. We tell award-winning stories about the natural forces and groundbreaking innovations that impact our lives, our planet, and our universe. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Focal Point on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FocalPointShow/ Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is traveling to Mars attached to the belly of the Perseverance rover and must safely detach to begin the first attempt at powered flight on another planet. Tests done at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space show the sequence of events that will bring the helicopter down to the Martian surface. For more about the Mars helicopter, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and Lockheed Martin Space

Getting a Mars rover built, tested and to the launch pad is a feat that requires the dedication of hundreds of team members. The team behind NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover faced one of its biggest challenges when the coronavirus pandemic struck during a crucial time before launch. The safety of the team members became top priority yet they rose to the challenge of completing the rover on time for its launch date, either by working remotely or under new “safe at work” procedures. They developed an increased appreciation for the name of the rover and in May they created the COVID-19 Perseverance Plate, which is now mounted on the side of the rover. The plate commemorates all those impacted by the pandemic and pays special tribute to front line health care workers. Perseverance is targeted to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 20, 2020. It will land on Mars on February 18, 2021. For more information on Mars 2020, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Follow the road to launch for our next mission to the Red Planet, the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. NASA leadership and a panel of scientists and engineers will preview the upcoming mission at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 17. Briefing participants will be: - NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine - Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington - Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California - Matt Wallace, Perseverance deputy project manager at JPL - Luis Dominguez, Perseverance deputy electrical integration and test lead at JPL - Omar Baez, launch director in NASA's Launch Services Program at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Submit your questions during the briefing using #AskNASA! Perseverance is a robotic scientist that will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars and characterize the planet's climate and geology. It will also collect rock and soil samples for future return to Earth and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. The mission is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:15 a.m. EDT July 20. It will land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. For more about Perseverance visit: https://nasa.gov/perseverance and https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

Watch as NASA-JPL engineers test the Sample Caching System on the Perseverance Mars rover. Described as one of the most complex robotic systems ever built, the Sample and Caching System will collect core samples from the rocky surface of Mars, seal them in tubes and leave them for a future mission to retrieve and bring back to Earth. The team is on track to launch Perseverance in July 2020 and land in Mars’ Jezero Crater in February 2021. For more information on the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission, please go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech

Geology Team Leader/NASA Mars Exploration Rover Project. Webinar Topic: The 2020 Columbia Hills region landing site for the Mars 2020 Rover. Learn more about Dr. Rice: https://www.psi.edu/about/staffpage/rice

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover lives up to its name by enduring a series of tests to prepare for its journey to the Red Planet. Tests for the mission were performed between September and December of 2019 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. This video highlights the following tests: Spin test Shake test Mobility deployment test Rover’s first unassisted stand Solar test Thermal vacuum test Sample caching test Drive test The launch period for the Perseverance rover opens July 17, 2020. It will land on Mars February 18, 2021. For more information on Mars 2020, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover with a planned launch on 17 July 2020, and touch down in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021. It will investigate an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment on Mars and investigate its surface geological processes and history, including the assessment of its past habitability, the possibility of past life on Mars, and the potential for preservation of biosignatures within accessible geological materials. It will cache sample containers along its route for a potential future Mars sample-return mission. The Mars 2020 mission was announced by NASA on 4 December 2012 at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The Perseverance rover's design is derived from the Curiosity rover, and will use many components already fabricated and tested, new scientific instruments and a core drill. It will also carry a helicopter drone. -Wikipedia Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/space_exploring Visit our solar system's planets. Search for life on mysterious moons. Travel through the Milky Way and Beyond! Exploring Space takes you throughout the cosmos, touring planets and stars in virtual reality. Namaste by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

A new name for our next Mars rover, a new space station resupply mission, and how you can join the Artemis Generation … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2020_0307_A%20New%20Name%20for%20Our%20Next%20Mars%20Rover%20on%20This%20Week%[email protected]%20%E2%80%93%20March%207,%202020

NASA has chosen a name for its next Mars rover: Perseverance. The name was announced March 5, 2020, by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington during a celebration at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. Zurbuchen was on hand at the school to congratulate Alexander Mather, who submitted the winning entry to the agency’s "Name the Rover" essay contest, which received 28,000 entrants from K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory. Perseverance is the latest in a long line of Red Planet rovers to be named by school-aged children, from Sojourner in 1997 to Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which landed on Mars in 2004, to Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012. In each case, the name was selected after a nationwide contest. The launch period for Perseverance opens on July 17, 2020. The rover will land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. For more information on the Mars 2020 mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ For more about the “Name the Rover” contest, visit https://go.nasa.gov/name2020 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA will unveil the name of the agency’s next Mars rover, currently known as Mars 2020, on Thursday, March 5, followed by this media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. ET about the mission and the naming. The Mars 2020 rover was the subject of a nationwide naming contest in 2019 that drew more than 28,000 essays by K-12 students from every U.S. state and territory. Nearly 4,700 volunteer judges – educators, professionals, and space enthusiasts from around the country – helped narrow the pool down to 155 semifinalists. A second round of judging selected the nine finalist essays that were open to an online public poll before Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, made the final selection. For more information, visit https://go.nasa.gov/2IeQNAj Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech