
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2020/07/30: An Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover launches from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Mars 2020 mission plans to land the Perseverance rover on the Red Planet in February 2021 where it will seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples for possible return to Earth. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
NASA’s launch of the Perseverance Mars rover this past week marked an exciting new moment in space exploration, building on over two decades on the Red Planet.
NASA landed its first rover, Sojourner, on the Martian surface July 4, 1997...
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