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Perseverance / Ingenuity

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Perseverance / Ingenuity

Mars sample-caching mission; Ingenuity achieved first powered flight on another world.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
30 Jul 2020
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Mars
Category
Rover / helicopter
Status
Success
Vehicle
Atlas V 541
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

Perseverance / Ingenuity flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United States's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Mars sample-caching mission; Ingenuity achieved first powered flight on another world.

Results

Mars sample-caching mission; Ingenuity achieved first powered flight on another world.

Related missions

Perseverance … Hope (Emirates Mars Mission) — same_target Hope Tianwen-1 — same_target Tianwen-1 InSight — same_target InSight ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — same_target ExoMars Trace…

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-22)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog