Mars 2020 Rover
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying a Mars rock outrcrop.
| Launch Date | 2020 |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA |
| Destination | Mars |
| Type | Rover |
| Status | In Development |
| Nation | United States |
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Goals
Mars 2020 will seek signs of ancient life by studying terrain that is now inhospitable, but once held flowing rivers and lakes, more than 3.5 billion years ago. It also will collect and deposit soil samples for potential future collection by another mission.
Accomplishments
This Mars rover is in development
Key Dates
2020: Launch
Spacecraft
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-541
Spacecraft Mass:
Spacecraft Instruments
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Mastcam-Z
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SuperCam
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Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)
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Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
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The Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE)
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Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA)
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Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Exploration (RIMFAX)
