Mars 2020 Contributor

Summary

Mars 2020 Contributor is a retired GitHub profile achievement recognising qualifying commits to specific open-source versions used by NASA’s Mars 2020 Helicopter Mission. It cannot be newly earned.

Historical trigger

GitHub’s current profile reference states that the achievement was given to people who authored a commit for a listed qualifying repository. Archived GitHub documentation adds that the commit had to be present in the listed tag and could be authored or co-authored by the account.

Progression or tiers

This achievement is not documented as tiered.

Eligibility conditions

• The repository, version, and tag had to appear in GitHub’s published qualifying list.
• The authored or co-authored commit had to be present in that tag’s history.
• The commit email had to be verified and associated with the account when GitHub determined eligibility.
• Later changes to verified email addresses did not alter the historical badge decision.

Verification

1. Use GitHub’s current qualifying repository, version, and tag list.
2. Inspect the relevant tag’s commit history.
3. Confirm author or co-author attribution to the account using public evidence.
4. Treat account-email association at historical processing time as unavailable unless safely documented.

Evidence status

• The qualifying list and broad authorship rule are Official in maintained GitHub documentation.
• Tag, co-author, and historical verified-email conditions are Official in archived GitHub documentation.
• Retrospective verification may remain incomplete where historical account-association evidence is unavailable.

Known limitations and edge cases

• The event has ended and cannot be earned through new contributions.
• A contribution to another version or tag does not satisfy the published historical rule.
• Renames, transfers, rewritten history, and deleted accounts can complicate retrospective checks.
• Public commit attribution does not always prove the email was associated with the account at GitHub’s historical processing time.

Responsible participation

Do not create misleading historical claims or alter repository records to simulate qualification. This page documents a completed event.

History

GitHub and JPL published the badge in 2021 to recognise contributors to the specific open-source versions used by Ingenuity.

References

• GitHub profile reference and qualifying repository list
• Archived GitHub profile documentation
• Open source goes to Mars
• Achievement index

Last verified

19 July 2026 — maintained and archived GitHub documentation jointly verify the historical trigger, qualifying list, tag, co-author, and attribution conditions.