Do you remember what happened on July 30th of this year?
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and JPL's Ingenuity helicopter were launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from LC-41 Cape Canaveral Florida starting this journey to the red planet and Jezero Crater. Today the midway milestone has been accomplished. Perseverance is now 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) from both Earth and Mars! Read More
ULA Wins Multi-Year Competitive Contract Award to Launch Critical National Security Space Missions for the U.S. Space Force
Award represents 60 percent of the missions of the 5-year Phase 2 procurement The U.S. Space Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded a firm, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery contract to launch 60 percent of the missions on its newest launch procurement contract. This contract resulted from a competitive award under the Space Force’s Read More
Video NASA Mars Mission launch by Scott Schilke
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ULA Atlas V Successfully Launches Mars 2020 Mission for NASA with S.Schilke photos
Launch Marks ULA’s 20th Mission to the Red Planet A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on July 30 at 7:50 a.m. EDT. ULA and its heritage rockets have launched every U.S. led mission to Mars, beginning Read More
NASA with Perseverance rover on his way to Mars – launch photos 30.7.2020
Today’s final critical milestone — acquisition of signal — has been achieved. In essence, Perseverance has phoned home to let us know it’s officially on the way to Mars. “This signifies that JPL’s (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory) deep space network has locked on to the spacecraft, which is on its journey to Mars,” said NASA Read More
NASA Mars Rover is ready to liftoff
July 29, 2020 NASA's Mars Rover is ready to liftoff from United Launch Alliance LC-41 tomorrow morning for a mid February 2021 landing on the red planet in Jezero crater. photo copyright Scott Schilke AutoMobilSport.com The main goal is to determine if there was extinct life or microbiological life on Mars in this ancient river Read More
Livestream ULA Launch Nasa Perseverance Mars live from NASA and ULA
Live coverage begins at 12:15am EDT (0415 UTC).Launch 30.7.2020 at 7:50 a.m. ET, with a two-hour windowLIVE - NASA Perseverance Mars Rover photo copyright NASA https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere • Rocket: Atlas V 541• Mission: NASA's Mars 2020 with the Perseverance Rover • Launch Date: Thurs., July 30, at 7:50 a.m. ET, with a two-hour window• Launch Location: Read More
Mars 2020 mission NASA – launch by ULA Atlas V
Everything is progressing toward the ULA Atlas V launch carrying the Mars 2020 mission for NASA. The mission is set to lift off on Thursday, July 30 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Today’s forecast shows an 80 percent chance of favorable weather conditions for launch. The two-hour launch Read More
UAE Mission Hope Probe launch Tanegashima Space Centre Japan video
We have lift-off. H2A, the rocket carrying the Hope Probe to space, has launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. https://twitter.com/MBRSpaceCentre/status/1284973963165208576?s=20 UAE team during the final checks before the launch of the Hope Probe, the first Arab interplanetary mission, at the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. Read More
Join NASA for the Launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover
This illustration shows the moment after liftoff of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft begins the first part of its journey to Mars atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle. More information about the mission is at: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/. Team with NASA to send off the Perseverance rover to Read More