--- title: Mars Rover Perseverance | Optimax on Board | Aerospace Optics description: Learn how Optimax supplied high-quality lenses for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover, featured in MASTCAM-Z cameras & SHERLOC spectrometer for Martian imaging & analysis. image: https://www.optimaxsi.com/hubfs/Mars-Perseverence-Optimax-on-Board.jpg --- ![Mars Perseverence Optimax Lenses on Board ](https://www.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mars-Perseverence-1.jpg?width=300&name=Mars-Perseverence-1.jpg) # Mars Rover 2020 – Perseverance - 01 Optimax on Board - 02 Mission Details - 03 Mission Resources 01 Optimax on Board02 Mission Details03 Mission Resources ## Optimax on Board Optimax has proudly contributed to NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover mission with its high-precision optical lenses. These lenses are integral to the rover's MASTCAM-Z system, providing zoomable panoramic views of the Martian landscape, and the SHERLOC system, an ultraviolet spectrometer designed to detect organic compounds and minerals. Optimax's expertise in space flight applications—utilizing specialized fabrication, coating, cleaning, handling, and packaging processes—ensures that their lenses perform flawlessly in the harsh conditions of space. These capabilities allow for superior imaging and optical analysis, aiding in the exploration and mapping of Mars. Explore more of Optimax's role in aerospace by browsing our "Optimax in Space" missions. - [Antireflection Coatings for Space Applications](https://go.optimaxsi.com/antireflection-coatings-for-space-application) - [Optimax Products & Capabilities](https://www.optimaxsi.com/products) ## Mission Details The Mars 2020 mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. This mission addresses questions about the potential for life on Mars. It takes the next step by seeking signs of habitable conditions on Mars in the ancient past and searching for signs of past microbial life itself. **LAUNCHED: **July 30, 2020 **LANDED: **February 18, 2021 ## Mission Resources Perseverance is on its way to Mars, click these links to find out more about its journey: Videos and Images Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech - [Countdown to Landing, Mission Phase, and more about the Rover's Mission](https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/) - [Mars Perseverance Rover Image Resource Gallery](https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/) - [Mars Perseverance Rover Video Resource](https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/) ![CTA-back2](https://www.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CTA-back2.webp?width=300&name=CTA-back2.webp) ### Learn from the Experts Space can be a harsh environment for optical coatings. Optimax has successfully provided antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of space applications. Discover our Technical Paper on "Antireflection Coatings for Space Applications" which outlines the results of testing done to qualify Optimax AR coatings for Space.  [Read More](https://go.optimaxsi.com/antireflection-coatings-for-space-application) [All Technical papers](https://www.optimaxsi.com/technical-papers) [![Optimax on board NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/maxresdefault%20(4).jpg?width=300&name=maxresdefault%20(4).jpg) NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Perseverance is a robotic scientist that will search for signs of past microbial life on Mars and characterize the planet's climate and geology. It will also collect rock and soil samples for future return to Earth and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet. The mission is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:15 a.m. EDT July 20. It will land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021. ](https://www.optimaxsi.com/optimax-in-space/mars-rover-perseverance#) ## NASA’s Mars Perseverance NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects rock and regolith samples for possible Earth return. Videos and Images Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech ![Perseverence Rover in the lab](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Perseverence-Rover-lab.jpg?width=300&name=Perseverence-Rover-lab.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![Perseverence Rover 2020](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Perseverence-Rover-2020.jpg?width=300&name=Perseverence-Rover-2020.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![Perseverence Rover being built in the lab ](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Perseverence-Rover-lab-build.jpg?width=300&name=Perseverence-Rover-lab-build.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![Mars Perseverence Rover](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Perseverence-Rover-square.jpg?width=300&name=Perseverence-Rover-square.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![Perseverance’s ‘Bunsen Peak’ Sample](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pia26313.jpg?width=300&name=pia26313.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![Perseverence Rover Terrane](https://go.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Perseverence-Rover-Terrane.jpg?width=300&name=Perseverence-Rover-Terrane.jpg) TOUCH Enlarge ![space-back-scaled](https://www.optimaxsi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/space-back-scaled.webp?width=300&name=space-back-scaled.webp) ### Explore Cutting-Edge Aerospace Optics with Optimax - Precision Lenses for Every Mission Optimax is a world-class manufacturer of precision optics, providing high-quality imaging lenses essential for aerospace applications, from deep space exploration to optical telecommunications. 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