The United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster for NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is being prepared for its lift up into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida on May 28, 2020. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch in mid-July atop the Atlas V 541 rocket from Pad 41 at CCAFS. The rover is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.
Photographer NASA/Kimi Shiflett
Album Mars_2020_Perseverance
Location Vertical Integration Facility
Date May 28, 2020