Mars 2020 Facebook Live / NASA Social

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.

Date

2020-07-29

Photographer / author

NASA/Isaac Watson

Collection

KSC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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