Perseverance Rover Rumbles Off the Launchpad to Mars

Perseverance Rover Rumbles Off the Launchpad to Mars
By Nancy Atkinson

NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is now successfully on its journey to Mars, launching from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 am EDT (1150 GMT). Just minutes before the Atlas 5 rocket rumbled off the launchpad, a 2.9 magnitude earthquake rumbled out in California, giving a minor shake to …

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July 30, 2020 at 08:20PM
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