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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 · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

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Footage

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of NASA/JPL

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory footage of its Perseverance Mars rover using its AutoNav self-driving system to set off-road distance records in Jezero Crater. Perseverance has operated on Mars since February 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on 2021-02-18 as part of the Mars 2020 mission and continues operating. AutoNav drove approximately 88 to 90 percent of its first-Mars-year traverse autonomously, including a 699.9 m drive with no human review and a 411 m single autonomous drive.

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)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Perseverance Rover at Mars.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
Perseverance Rover
Company
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Location
Mars
Status
operational
Operator type
customer deployed
First seen
2021-02-18
ID
159ba9fa-1ad2-43ce-925d-ec31aee65312

Timeline

  1. Feb 2021
    First recorded
    Perseverance Rover first documented operating at Mars.
  2. Feb 2021
    created
  3. Jul 2026
    Current status: operational, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi3099
  2. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-2020-perseverance/
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

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primary-academic-peer-reviewed
Peer-reviewed clinical / academic
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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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.
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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