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Mars launch: NASA sends Perseverance rover to space

30/07/2020 05:41 PM | Click to read full article

The Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter are finally on the journey 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.

“This is the first time in history where we're going to Mars with an explicit mission to find life on another world -- ancient life on Mars."

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