By Jim Cawley NASA's Kennedy Space Center A historic mission years in the making is now less than a week from liftoff. Final preparations are being made for launch of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, targeted for Thursday, July 30, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Perseverance will lift off aboard a United Launch …
NASA is targeting 7:50 a.m. EDT Thursday, July 30, for the launch of its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch window is approximately two hours, with a launch opportunity every five minutes. Live launch …
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is now attached to the rocket that will carry it on its seven-month journey to the Red Planet for the agency's Mars 2020 mission. On Tuesday, July 7, a team of engineers fastened the payload fairing, containing the rover and remainder of the spacecraft – the aeroshell backshell, descent stage and …
