It's official! The Perseverance rover and it's little helicopter buddy, Ingenuity, are on their way to Mars!

They are scheduled to arrive in February, at a target landing zone found in what’s known as Jezero Crater. "This location on Mars was once a lake, long ago when the atmosphere on Mars was quite different than the dry, dusty and cold environment we know today. This has been chosen specifically because it’s a prime spot for finding any evidence of microbiological life that might exist, since it contains one of the best-preserved deposits of a river delta on Mars."

Image by Mike Seeley (https://twitter.com/Mike_Seeley/status/1288812959322591237).

More info: https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/30/nasa-successfully-launches-its-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-using-an-atlas-v-rocket

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