CAPE CANVERAL, FL, USA - 30 July 2020 - With blue sky as a backdrop, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4

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CAPE CANVERAL, FL, USA - 30 July 2020 - With blue sky as a backdrop, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 30, 2020, at 7:50 EDT, carrying NASA's Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter. The rover is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover's seven instruments 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 - Photo: Geopix/NASA/Tony Gray/Tim Powers

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Location: Cape Canaveral Florida USA
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