Separation confirmed! The United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket has released the Mars 2020 mission featuring the @NASAPersevere rover on a 7-month, 300-million-mile trek to the red planet.
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The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket soars from Vandenberg with the marine layer covering the Pacific Ocean as the backdrop.
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MISSION SUCCESS! ULA's #VulcanRocket successfully performed its #Cert1 flight test today! Thank you to the engineers, technicians and teammates across the nation who designed, built and launched this versatile new rocket. ULA success #159.
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To the Moon! 🌕
#ICPS, built by ULA under a collaborative partnership with @BoeingSpace, is the upper stage of @NASA_SLS that will propel @NASA_Orion to the Moon, forging a new foundation for human deep space exploration. #Artemis
LAUNCH ALERT: The @45thSpaceWing Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral forecasts an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for the #AtlasV launch of the Mars 2020 mission on Thursday at 7:50amEDT (1150 UTC). Full details: bit.ly/av_mars2020
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Every wonder how mission artwork is painted on the #AtlasV 4-meter payload fairing? Check out this time lapse of artist Dennis DuBose painting the @LucyMission artwork and @NASA logo at our Harlingen, TX facility. #LucyMission
Welcome to the #VulcanRocket era!
Our official liftoff time was 2:18:38.231 a.m. EST (0718:38.231 UTC), right at the opening of the launch window on the first countdown.
