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2020’s final Mars mission poised for blastoff from Florida – Kearney Hub
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge of liftoff. The rover Perseverance will follow…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The summers third and final mission to Mars featuring NASAs most elaborate life-hunting rover is on the verge of liftoff.
The rover Perseverance will follow Chinas rover-orbiter combo and a United Arab Emirates orbiter, both launched last week. It will take the spacecraft seven months to reach Mars after traveling 300 million miles.
Once on the surface, Perseverance will scrounge for evidence of past microscopic life in an ancient lakebed, and gather the most promisi…
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