Mission: MARS 2020
Rover: PERSEVERANCE
OBJECTIVE
Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to earth
Is carrying 25 cameras, the most ever flown in the history of deep-space exploration
LAUNCH
July 30, 2020, Cape Canaveral, Florida
LANDING
Feb 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars