Perseverance pays off for Heathcoat and NASA on Mars Yesterday marked another achievement in the story of Heathcoat Fabrics’ journey into space, when the Perseverance Rover landed on the red planet. 19th February 2021 Engineers at Heathcoat Fabrics in the UK’s picturesque county of Devon, recently faced a huge task, creating a parachute material that could withstand extremes of temperature and be strong enough to withstand the force of a supersonic deployment at Mars. Nevertheless, NASA’s Perseverance Rover launched on schedule, on 30 July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Space force Station in Florida, propelled on the start of its seven-month, 480-million-kilometre journey, by an Atlas V rocket.