Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the rover Perseverance and the small robotic helicopter Ingenuity. Mars 2020 was launched from Earth on an Atlas V launch vehicle at 11:50:00 UTC on 30 July 2020,[2] and confirmation of touch down in Jezero crater on Mars was received at 20:55 UTC on 18 February 2021.[1] As of 25 February 2021, Perseverance has been on Mars for 6 sols (7 total days; 7 days