The day is finally here , NASA ’s Mars 2020 mission is a go for launch , and here ’s how you may watch it .
The mission to the Red Planet will hook off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today ( July 30 ) within a two - hour window that open at 7.50am ET ( 12.50pm BST ) . The mission carries thePerseverancerover and the helicopterIngenuity , and is expected to set ashore on Mars in late February 2021 .
You canwatch the launchon the NASA Youtube channel ( or right here via the video embed below ) and through itssocial medium channel . The broadcast will begin at 7 am ET and will continue after the launch . A military press conference is expected at 11.30am local prison term to update us about the state of the missionary post once it is in space .
Perseverance will be the fifth and most forward-looking NASA rover to drive across the glacial planes of Mars . It will explore Jezero volcanic crater , an ancient lake in which body of water flowed , for sign of sprightliness as well as a mysterious understanding of Mars ' geology . Perseverance ’s entourage of instruments will allow unbelievable probe of the Martian surface . It has more cameras than any interplanetary military mission in account and will even commemorate the sound of Mars for the first time thanks tomicrophones .
The mission has a fantastical chemistry science lab on instrument panel but will also collect material to be studied at a recent date not by itself but back on Earth . NASA and the European Space Agency are collaborating on aSample - Return mission , and all going well , we might have Martian samples here on Earth in 2031 .
The Mars 2020 commission will also be a technology demonstration for ingeniousness , thefirst flying machineto be sent to another world , to see if we can flee drones in circumstance on another satellite . The goal for this missionary work is for it to be able to flee in shortsighted burst and autonomously for 30 Martian days . If successful it might acclaim many more flying delegation to Mars and beyond .
you may watch the live - teem launching decent here .
