NASA's Perseverance Rover will now launch towards Mars on July 22. The delay is due to contamination concern in the ground support lines; the rover and the rocket themselves are in good condition.
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Nearing the summer launch window, the Mars Helicopter is now ensconced underneath the Perseverance rover. To ensure a safe landing, the rover's descent stage has been fueled as well.
Nearing the July launch window, the upcoming Mars rover has received a set of six flight wheels and a parachute that will help maneuver the heaviest payload in the history of Mars exploration.
Out of 28,000 entries to the "Name the Rover" contest, NASA has announced that 13-year-old Alexander Mather's submission — Perseverance —will be the name for the upcoming Mars 2020 rover.
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The Mars 2020 rover is now able to support its own weight on its six aluminum wheels. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA released a time-lapse of the rover being lowered to the ground.
NASA has kicked off its "Summer of Mars" event at the Kennedy Space Center, starting with a concept manned Mars vehicle. Unfortunately, the Hollywood-esque vehicle will never land on Mars.
NASA has started using HoloLens to help construct the Mars 2020 rover. NASA developed an application called ProtoSpace to display a computer-generated model on the HoloLens devices at life-like scale.
