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.
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.