Students Alex Mather, left, and Vaneeza Rupani prepare to watch the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter from the observation deck of the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2020. Mather named the Perseverance rover and Rupani named the Ingenuity helicopter. The rover and helicopter launched at 7:50 EDT on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic ex


Students Alex Mather, left, and Vaneeza Rupani prepare to watch the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter from the observation deck of the Operations and Support Building II at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 30, 2020. Mather named the Perseverance rover and Rupani named the Ingenuity helicopter. The rover and helicopter launched at 7:50 EDT on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.


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