Perseverance Mars Rover

Tests to measure the center of gravity and moments of inertia for the Mars 2020 rover aeroshell were performed on the spin table inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rover is being manufactured at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and, once complete, will be delivered to …

Lift activities for the Mars 2020 rover aeroshell were conducted inside Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The activities included installing the inverted lift fixture and lifting the aeroshell assembly to the spin table for mass properties measurements. The Mars 2020 rover mission will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket …