NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard answers questions during a Mars 2020 NASA Social at Kennedy Space Center’s News Center in Florida on July 29, 2020. Standing behind him is Kennedy Deputy Director Janet Petro. The Mars Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are scheduled to launch July 30, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. 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/Isaac Watson
Album Mars_2020_Perseverance
Location LC 39 Press Site
Date July 29, 2020