1
00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:03,619
hi I'm NFL quarterback Joshua Dobbs and

2
00:00:07,419 --> 00:00:05,970
we're taking you inside KSC

3
00:00:10,669 --> 00:00:07,429
[Music]

4
00:00:12,589 --> 00:00:10,679
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover has arrived and

5
00:00:14,959 --> 00:00:12,599
is beginning pre-launch processing at

6
00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:14,969
Kennedy Space Center the spacecraft was

7
00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:17,310
flown to Kennedy from California aboard

8
00:00:22,759 --> 00:00:20,160
a c-17 aircraft landing on February 12th

9
00:00:24,140 --> 00:00:22,769
it was carefully offloaded and moved to

10
00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:24,150
the spaceports payload hazardous

11
00:00:28,460 --> 00:00:26,250
servicing facility where it is being

12
00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:28,470
prepared for launch the rover is

13
00:00:33,049 --> 00:00:30,330
designed to search the Red Planet for

14
00:00:34,670 --> 00:00:33,059
signs of past microbial life and collect

15
00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:34,680
samples for return to Earth in the

16
00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:37,440
future Mars 2020 is slated to launch on

17
00:00:41,540 --> 00:00:40,230
a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 541

18
00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:41,550
rocket in mid-july

19
00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:43,950
2020 the launch is managed by NASA's

20
00:00:49,610 --> 00:00:47,550
launch services program a special guest

21
00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:49,620
returned to the spaceport February 18th

22
00:00:54,139 --> 00:00:51,690
to celebrate Black History Month with

23
00:00:55,670 --> 00:00:54,149
the kennedy workforce james jennings is

24
00:00:58,520 --> 00:00:55,680
the former nasa associate administrator

25
00:01:00,319 --> 00:00:58,530
for institutions in management and the

26
00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:00,329
former deputy director of Kennedy Space

27
00:01:04,850 --> 00:01:02,730
Center Jennings was the special speaker

28
00:01:07,219 --> 00:01:04,860
at the annual event hosted by the black

29
00:01:10,969 --> 00:01:07,229
employee strategy team employee resource

30
00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:10,979
group since 1976 every US president has

31
00:01:14,870 --> 00:01:12,360
designated February is Black History

32
00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:14,880
Month a time to celebrate achievements

33
00:01:21,050 --> 00:01:17,250
by African Americans and recognize their

34
00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:21,060
central role in our nation's history for

35
00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:22,320
more inside KSC