Deployment
Perseverance Rover at Mars
Mars rover whose AutoNav self-driving system plans and drives routes onboard while in motion; drove ~88-90% of its first-Mars-year traverse autonomously, setting planetary-rover autonomy records.
Perseverance Rover by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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Key facts
- Mission
- Mars 2020
- Status
- Landed Jezero Crater 2021-02-18; operating. AutoNav drove ~88-90% of its first-Mars-year traverse autonomously (records: 699.9 m no-human-review drive; 411 m single autonomous drive)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-05
- Model
- Perseverance Rover
- Company
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Location
- Mars
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2021-02-18
- ID
159ba9fa-1ad2-43ce-925d-ec31aee65312
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-05
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-academic-peer-reviewed
- Peer-reviewed clinical / academic
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Perseverance Rover at Mars.Common questions
- What is the Perseverance Rover deployment at Mars?
- Perseverance Rover, built by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is recorded as a deployment at Mars on the DEPLOY registry. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Perseverance Rover at Mars?
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the manufacturer of Perseverance Rover, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Perseverance Rover deployment at Mars go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting February 18, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Is the Perseverance Rover deployment at Mars still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.
- Have there been incidents at the Perseverance Rover deployment at Mars?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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