1 00:00:06,460 --> 00:00:02,450 I'm NASA Kennedy's ken Appel and I'm 2 00:00:09,589 --> 00:00:06,470 outside KSC taking you inside KSC 3 00:00:11,690 --> 00:00:09,599 NASA's Mars 2020 Rover perseverance 4 00:00:13,549 --> 00:00:11,700 continues to make strides toward its 5 00:00:15,950 --> 00:00:13,559 summer launch to the red planet the 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:15,960 rover is undergoing flight preparations 7 00:00:19,580 --> 00:00:17,490 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 8 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:19,590 Florida where a team from the agency's 9 00:00:23,630 --> 00:00:21,510 Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently 10 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:23,640 installed its six wheels in parachute 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:25,710 the wheels are re-engineered versions of 12 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:27,930 those used today on the Mars Curiosity 13 00:00:31,939 --> 00:00:30,240 rover perseverance will liftoff on a 14 00:00:34,069 --> 00:00:31,949 United Launch Alliance Atlas five rocket 15 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:34,079 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 16 00:00:39,319 --> 00:00:36,719 NASA's launch services program based at 17 00:00:41,450 --> 00:00:39,329 Kennedy is managing the launch the rover 18 00:00:45,229 --> 00:00:41,460 is expected to land on Mars on February 19 00:00:47,569 --> 00:00:45,239 18th 2021 the all-new NASA at home 20 00:00:49,729 --> 00:00:47,579 spaceport series debuted April 3rd on 21 00:00:51,740 --> 00:00:49,739 YouTube in the first episode David 22 00:00:54,380 --> 00:00:51,750 Stafford and Ben Marty to integration 23 00:00:56,090 --> 00:00:54,390 engineers from JPL joint host Joshua 24 00:00:57,950 --> 00:00:56,100 Santoro to talk about what it's like to 25 00:01:00,439 --> 00:00:57,960 take a Mars rover on a cross-country 26 00:01:02,209 --> 00:01:00,449 trip the second episode aired April 7th 27 00:01:03,950 --> 00:01:02,219 with exploration ground systems cliff 28 00:01:05,450 --> 00:01:03,960 Lanham and focuses on the mobile 29 00:01:07,850 --> 00:01:05,460 launcher that will be used to assemble 30 00:01:09,530 --> 00:01:07,860 process and launch the Artemis program 31 00:01:11,390 --> 00:01:09,540 rocket from missions to the moon 32 00:01:13,399 --> 00:01:11,400 the most recent episode included launch 33 00:01:14,990 --> 00:01:13,409 services programs tim dunn and mickey 34 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:15,000 wolfmann giving their insights into the 35 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:17,040 world of rockets never miss an episode