We are celebrating Perseverance and Ingenuity's one-year anniversary of landing on Mars! Join us for a weekend full of anniversary events, family activities, lectures, special guests and more!

Activity Line-up

FREE with Museum admission.
All activities held in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery.


Friday, February 18 - Member Exclusive! **SOLD OUT**

Perseverance & Ingenuity with Dr. Melissa Rice
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Attention Members! Join us in the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery to get up close with the Perseverance and Ingenuity full-scale models. At 6:45 PM, Dr. Melissa Rice from the Perseverance science team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will talk about the Mars2020 rover Mission and her personal experience as a Co-Investigator for the Mastcam-Z investigation currently in development for the mission.

Registration is required to attend this member-exclusive event. To RSVP, please email your name, member number and the total number of guests in your party to membership@museumofflight.org.

**We have reached capacity for this event**

All guests must be covered under your active membership. Tickets are limited!


Saturday, February 19 – Family Day!

  • 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Chat with NASA Experts
    Bring your questions about Perseverance, Ingenuity and the Mars2020 Mission.
  • 11:00 AM – Mars Planetarium Show (30 min)
    Explore Mars in this virtual Planetarium experience led by a Museum Educator.
  • 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM – Hands-on Family Activities
    • Make-and-Take: Perseverance – Make your own paper rover!
    • Make-and-Take: Ingenuity – Make your own paper whirligig!
    • Design A Mission Patch: presented by our Washington Aerospace Scholar Alums
    • Challenger Learning Center activities
    • Take-Home Activity Packet – Includes: fun activities, a birthday hat, birthday dessert recipe and more!
    • Don’t forget to grab a FREE Percy or Ingenuity button!
  • 2:30 PM – Mars Planetarium Show (30 min)
    Explore Mars in this virtual Planetarium experience led by a Museum Educator.
  • 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM – Talk with Alyssa Deardorff
    Deardorff is a Systems Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; lecture topic TBD.


Sunday, February 20

  • 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hands-on Family Activities
    • Make-and-Take: Perseverance – Make your own paper rover!
  • 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Chat with NASA Experts
    Bring your questions about Perseverance, Ingenuity and the Mars2020 Mission.
  • 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM - Hands-on Family Activities
    • Make-and-Take: Perseverance – Make your own paper rover!
  • 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM – Perseverance & Ingenuity with Dr. Melissa Rice
    Join Dr. Melissa Rice from the Perseverance science team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as she talks about the Mars2020 rover Mission and her personal experience as a Co-Investigator for the Mastcam-Z investigation currently in development for the mission.

This multi-day event is part of NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) Roving with Perseverance Tour.