The Perseverance rover caps off a month of Mars launches
Three spacecraft from three countries are now on their way to the Red Planet
![photo of Perseverance launch](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/073020_marsroverlaunch_feat3.jpg?fit=1030%2C579&ssl=1)
NASA’s Perseverance rover launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on July 30 and is on its way to Mars — the third launch to the Red Planet this month.
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