The month’s third and final mission to Mars and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) fifth mission – Perseverance – is all …
The month’s third and final mission to Mars and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) fifth mission – Perseverance – is all set to launch today,30 July 2020. If all goes well, the missions will lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, aboard the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The two-hour launch window opens at 5.20 pm IST (07:50 am EDT) and closes at 7.20 pm IST (9.50 am EDT). The live streaming of the event will begin at 4.30 pm IST (7.00 am EDT). NASA will stream the launch of its Mars rover LIVE on all its social media channels including, Facebook, Twitter as well as YouTube. Also read: NASA’s Perseverance rover will bring Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act If there are any weather-related issues or technical failures, the mission has till 12 August 2020 to launch this year.
