NASA pushes back Mars 2020 launch date

[Mike Wehner]

• NASA has been forced to delay the launch of its Mars Perseverance rover mission, but only by a few days.
• The agency, which promised the novel coronavirus pandemic wouldn't impact the Mars 2020 mission, says it has to perform some repairs on the rover's ground system equipment.
• The mission is now scheduled to launch on July 20th instead of July 17th.

Just like every other organization on the planet, NASA has been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The agency was forced to send staffers home, and even those working remotely to send commands to NASA's machines on Mars had to do so from their home offices.

Despite all that, one thing that was never in danger of being canceled was the launch of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover. It's an incredibly important mission for NASA, and the agency ensured that mission-critical staff members had the ability to continue their work. Now, in a bit of news that might initially seem worrisome, NASA is pushing back the launch date of the mission from July 17th to July 20th, but NASA has a good explanation.

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