Mars 2020 Launch Slips To July 22

Perseverance
Credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Issues with ground support equipment for a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket are causing a second delay in the upcoming launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, the agency said June 24. Liftoff had been targeted for July 17, the opening of a three-week window when...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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