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  1. Jul 25, 2020 · NASA has until Aug. 15 to launch Perseverance toward Mars and still reach the Red Planet on Feb. 18. Visit Space.com for complete coverage of the Mars 2020 mission.

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    As Earth and Mars race around the Sun, with Earth on the inside track, Earth laps Mars about once every 26 months. Launch opportunities to Mars occur at the same frequency, when the planets are positioned so that a spacecraft launched from Earth will be on a relatively short track to Mars (on the order of several months). This planetary clockwork, ...

    The launch period is the range of days when a launch is possible to achieve the designated mission goal — in this case, successfully landing at Mars' Jezero Crater. The launch period for Perseverance to do that is targeted to begin July 20 and extend to Aug. 11, 2020. The launch window is the time period on a given day during which the rocket must ...

    A two-stage United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 launch vehicle will lift the Mars 2020 spacecraft from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The numbers "541" in the launch vehicle's designation signify a 5-meter (17-foot) short payload fairing, four solid-rocket boosters, and a one-engine Centaur upper stage. It stan...

  2. Aug 21, 2020 · The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 30. NASA's Eyes on the Solar System tool lets you track the spacecraft in real time as it makes its way to Mars for a Feb. 18, 2021, landing.

  3. Jul 23, 2020 · 4 p.m. - Mars 2020 Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing. Thursday, July 30. 7 a.m. - Mars 2020 Perseverance launch broadcast. 11:30 a.m. - Mars 2020 Perseverance post-launch news conference. Mars 2020 Perseverance is part of America's larger Moon to Mars exploration approach that includes missions to the Moon as a way to prepare for human ...

  4. Jul 30, 2020 · NASA is targeting 11:50 UTC (7:50 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 30, 2020, for the launch of its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force...

  5. Jul 30, 2020 · Science. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searches for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. The rover is collecting core samples of Martian rock and soil (broken rock and soil), for potential pickup by a future mission that would bring them to Earth for detailed study.

  6. Jul 29, 2020 · Coverage begins on Thursday, July 30 at 4 a.m. PT / 7 a.m. ET, with the launch itself scheduled for 4:50 a.m. PT / 7:50 a.m. ET. After the launch, there will be a post-launch news...

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