NASA JPL - MARS 2020 Perseverance Rover - Exploration Program Mission Sticker 

The Mars 2020 mission launched on July 30, 2020, 7:50 a.m. EDT.

The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will search for signs of ancient microbial life, which will advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover has a drill to collect core samples of Martian rock and soil, then store them in sealed tubes for pickup by a future mission that would ferry them back to Earth for detailed analysis. Perseverance will also test technologies to help pave the way for future human exploration of Mars.