🚀 MARS 2020 LAUNCH DAY! 🌍➡️🔴 Today we throw it back to the moment NASA sent the Perseverance rover off to Mars on a powerful Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral! This video shows the raw ISO B-roll footage from NASA—pure launch beauty with no commentary. 😍🔥 The Mars 2020 mission is part of NASA’s big Moon to Mars plan, building the path for future human explorers. Perseverance’s job? Search for signs of ancient life, collect samples, and help prepare the way for us one day stepping on Mars.

This week, a look at the International Space Station's 2019 highlights, including a Crew Dragon docking, three crew launches on Soyuz, 11 spacewalks, nine cargo spacecraft visits and hundreds of science experiments, as SpaceX & Boeing prepare to launch astronauts to the station in 2020. More on #SpaceToGround: https://youtu.be/4mNM492UlR8 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration