Mission to Mars: Explore the Perseverance rover in augmented reality

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launched July 30 on an Atlas V-541 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It will land on Mars on Thursday.

Perseverance’s journey to Mars will culminate with a series of automated operations that will slow its approach from 12,100 mph to just 1.7 mph. The car-size rover will then  gently land on the planet's dusty surface.

Perseverance will begin transmitting signals and images almost immediately. After about three months of equipment checkouts, the 10-foot vehicle will very slowly roam the surface (at 0.1 mph, slower than the average pace of a turtle), conducting scientific studies that include gathering and caching rock and soil samples that may be retrieved on a later mission.

See the full interactive story about the latest Mars rover within the Augmented Reality section of the DelmarvaNow app. To access “Perseverance: Explore as one”:

• Download the latest version of the DelmarvaNow app on your Android or iOS AR-capable device.
• Open the app, and look for the Mars interactive story in the News section. 

“Perseverance: Explore as one” was built in partnership with the Smithsonian Channel. Learn more about their interactive game app Mars AR.

3D assets were created and provided by Immersion.