How to watch NASA launch its next rover to Mars today - The Verge

On Thursday morning, NASA is scheduled to launch its next rover to Mars, the beginning of a years-long mission to figure out if the Red Planet ever hosted life.

Perseverance’s ride to Mars is the Atlas V rocket, made and operated by the United Launch Alliance.

Atlas V rockets have previously flown four NASA missions to Mars, including the Curiosity rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2012.

If Perseverance can’t launch on Thursday morning, there are opportunities to launch every single day up until August 17th.

The window to launch to Mars is only open every two years, when Earth and the Red Planet come closest to one another on their orbits around the Sun