Mars 2020 Mars Sample Return Briefing

A Mars 2020 Sample Return briefing is held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 28, 2020. Participating in the briefing, from left, are Moderator Jia-Rui Cook, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, The Mars Perseverance rover is 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

2020-07-28

Photographer / author

NASA/Kim Shiflett

Collection

KSC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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