NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will send it toward the Red Planet this summer. NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020. A crane stands at the ready to hoist the payload fairing, or nose cone, containing NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onto the top of an Atlas V launch vehicle… The NASA/JPL Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V Rocket ahead of its mission launch to Mars later this month. Perseverance Rover prepared for launch of Mars mission Stephen Kuper Last Updated: 10 July 2020 Published: 13 July 2020 Whether they are working on final assembly of the vehicle at Kennedy Space Center, testing software and subsystems at JPL or (as the majority of the team is doing) teleworking due to coronavirus safety precautions, the Perseverance team remains on track to meet the opening of the rover’s launch period. NASA and ULA have postponed the Mars Perseverance rover's launch until July 30th due to launch vehicle delays. Scrub the last three dates. NASA delays Mars rover Perseverance again as launch deadline looms. NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will send it toward the Red Planet this summer.
NASA is now aiming for July 30 (or even later).