Mars Perseverance Name Plate Artwork

February 26, 2021

This is an image of artwork etched onto the titanium plate that is mounted on the lower section of the Mars Perseverance rover’s 7-foot robotic arm. The plate protects the cables and mechanisms of the arm. The name Perseverance was selected from among 28,000 entries in a nationwide Name the Rover student essay contest.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020.