The Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter are on their way to Mars
The spacecraft carrying the rover and helicopter successfully launched to Mars Thursday morning aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:50 a.m. ET. Students Alex Mather and Vaneeza Rupani, who named the rover and its accompanying helicopter during two national contests earlier this year, were present for the launch.Onward to Mars, together. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.
— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover July 30, 2020 The control center at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California did experience some earthquake activity ahead of the launch this morning, but it did not impact the launch. "I'm exceptionally excited about what we're about to do because we're going to launch Mars 2020 with the Perseverance robot," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine during a press briefing at Kennedy Space Center.
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