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Spacecraft Carrying Perseverance Switches to ‘Safe Mode’ After Glitch, but NASA Says Not to Worry – Gizmodo Australia

True to this agonizing year that is 2020, yesterday’s launch of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was not without problems. As scheduled, a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati…

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True to this agonizing year that is 2020, yesterdays launch of NASAs Perseverance Mars rover was not without problems.
As scheduled, a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida yesterday morning. Now in space, the Mars 2020 mission is expected to reach the Red Planet in February 2021.
Everything seemed picture perfect, but NASA said a couple of glitchy things happened during the launch, neither of whi…

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