NASA Mars 2020 Media Reel

B-roll for media. NASA's Mars 2020 rover is launching to the Red Planet in July or August 2020. It will land on Mars February 18, 2021. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize the planet's climate and geology and collect samples for future return to Earth. Mars 2020 is also part of a larger program that includes missions to the Moon as a way to prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, NASA will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028 through NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages Mars 2020 rover development for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. NASA's Launch Services Program, based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for Mars 2020 launch management. For more information on Mars 2020, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.