At 11:50 a.m. in Florida, under a clear sky, the Perseverance mobile robot took off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
The NASA craft was designed to uncover traces of ancient life on the Red Planet. “With the mission we have on Mars now, we now know that the methane cycles of Mars correspond to the seasons of Mars, which could be an indicator […] that life may well still exist. on Mars today below its surface. "Said Jim Bridenstine, administrator of NASA.
This is the ninth robot that the US agency will attempt to land on Mars. The journey to the red planet will last nearly 7 months.