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NASA set to launch its most complex, ambitious rover yet to Mars

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From Ars Technica:
"NASA is about ready to send its largest and most capable rover to Mars. With a mass of 1.025 metric tons, the Perseverance rover is about 14 percent more bulky than its predecessor, Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012.

Because the two rovers are similar in size and appearance, it would be easy to dismiss Perseverance as a copy of Curiosity. But that would be doing a disservice to the newer rover, which is carrying some unique experiments and hardware to Mars. With these, NASA will dare to try new things on another planet and jumpstart the search for ancient life.

In short, this is an exciting mission."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07 ... t-to-mars/

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Sounds great Stephen. Maybe it will explore the "face on Mars"?!!! :D
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I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.
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A hugely exciting mission!

That helicopter will really help us see more.

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This mission is going to be a good mission - I cannot wait to see what the find out from it.
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A great mission indeed! Can't wait to hear and see the results from the helicopter!!

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Here's a view of the Perseverance landing site from the ESA Mars Express mission.

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Vide ... nding_site

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Almost time to launch!


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10 minutes to go.

NASA Team are ready to go.

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Launch was a success!
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NASA TV has switched to virtual video. to discuss progress.
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Great launch! Best wishes for a successful mission!!

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Hooray! Glad it got off the ground safely....now the hard part begins.

Hopefully there is no Metric/Imperial number issues this time. :|
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Perseverance has successfully deployed solar panels and a communication link has been established.
Now on it's way to Mars.
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DNS now showing communications.
M20 is perseverance.
EMM is the Emirates space craft.
JNO is the Juno space craft.
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Great launch! Good luck to NASA.
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Re: NASA set to launch its most complex, ambitious rover yet to Mars

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From Space.com:
"NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life"

https://www.space.com/nasa-mars-2020-pe ... aunch.html

From SpaceNews.com:
"Atlas 5 launches Mars 2020 mission"

https://spacenews.com/atlas-5-launches- ... 0-mission/

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