NASA is moving perilously close to the end of the Mars launch window

[Mike Wehner]

• Following two earlier delays that pushed the launch of NASA's new Mars rover Perseverance back by several days, the launch has been delayed yet again.
• The new launch date will be no earlier than July 30th, NASA now says.
• The launch window for a mission to Mars closes on August 15th.

Despite a global health crisis and many other hurdles standing between NASA and the launch of the Mars 2020 mission, the space agency has remained confident that it won't be forced to push the start of the mission back to 2022. Everything seemed to be in order, that is until about a month ago when delays to the launch pushed it back by a couple days, and then another few days.

Now, NASA is announcing the third delay to the launch, pushing it all the way back to July 30th at the earliest. The space agency issued a brief statement blaming this delay on issues with the launch vehicle and says it's possible the launch could be pushed back even further.

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