PDF WeDo 2.0 Building Instructions for NASA's Rover Perseverance Created by Not Just Bricks (Diego Galvez) and the Building Instructions designed by Victor Bo. Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission forming part of 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, and confirmation of touch down in Jezero crater on Mars was received at 20:55 UTC on 18 February 2021.