NASA’s next mission to Mars—the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission—will send the most sophisticated rover ever to the Red Planet, with a name that embodies NASA’s passion for taking on and overcoming challenges. After landing in February 2021, this robotic astrobiologist will address key questions about the potential for life on Mars, what the environment was like billions of years ago, and seek signs of ancient microbial life that might be preserved in the unique rocks of Jezero Crater. Perseverance will use its drill to collect rock and soil samples and set them aside for a future mission to potentially return to Earth. It will also demonstrate new technologies that pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, will ride to Mars attached to the belly of the rover. The helicopter will be a first-time test of powered flight on Mars.

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