Such opportunities are dictated purely by celestial mechanics and only occur every 26 months when the Earth and Mars are properly aligned. The approximately month-long launch window for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission currently extends until August 15. The car-sized Perseverance Mars 2020 rover is targeted for liftoff on NET 30 July 2020 aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Launch is now targeted for a launch opportunity in the July/August timeframe when Earth and Mars are aligned in good positions relative to each other for landing on Mars. Perseverance will also ferry a separate technology experiment to the surface of Mars - a helicopter named Ingenuity, the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet. The Perseverance Mars 2020 mission will search for signs of ancient microbial life, characterize Mars’ climate and geology, collect carefully selected samples for future return to Earth, and pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet as soon as the 2030s. The $2.4 Billion Mars Perseverance rover is a flagship mission dedicated to the search for signs of life beyond Earth, as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is NASA’s next mission to Mars as well as being the most complex and scientifically advanced robotic mission sent to the Red Planet. This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars.
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