Mars 2020 Launch Date Slips Again
Credit: The Mars 2020 rover being prepared for encapsulation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Christian Mangano/NASA
Another problem has arisen while preparing the Mars 2020 rover for launch, triggering an additional eight-day delay to July 30, NASA said June 30. A troubled liquid oxygen sensor surfaced during a wet dress rehearsal for launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket, which is slated to send the rover, named Perseverance, on its way to Mars for NASA’s first life-detection mission since the 1970s-era Viking campaign.