Created 30-Jul-20
Modified 13-Dec-23
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launches NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, dubbed Perseverance, to the Red Planet from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 a.m. EDT.
Scheduled to land in February 2021, Perseverance will study Martian geology, demonstrate the ability to generate oxygen from atmospheric carbon dioxide, and collect rock samples for return to Earth by a future mission.
The rocket flies in the 541 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, four solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage.
Photos taken from SR 528 - a distance of about 13 miles.
© Dennis Huff
