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hi i'm nasa kennedy's jessica connor and

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i'm taking you

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inside ksc

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roaring off the pad at cape canaveral

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air force station's space launch complex

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nasa's mars 2020 perseverance throughout

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successfully started his trek to the red

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a united launch alliance atlas v 541

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rocket powered perseverance at liftoff

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beginning the seventh month journey

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nasa's launch services program based at

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the agency's kennedy space center

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managed the launch

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dedicated teams of workers overcame

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unprecedented challenges from a

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worldwide pandemic to keep the historic

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mission on track

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perseverance which will reach mars on

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february 18 2021

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is carrying seven different scientific

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instruments the rover will search for

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signs of past microbial life on mars

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at nasa the perseverance moniker applies

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to more than just the agency's mars 2020

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rover

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teams of employees at the kennedy space

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center banded together and overcame

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challenges of the coba 19 pandemic to

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produce several live programs promoting

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the historic mission

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more than a week before the targeted

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liftoff kennedy hosted a live spanish

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social media question-and-answer

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briefing that generated a great deal of

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interest

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in the days leading up to launch the

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florida spaceport produced a pre-launch

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news conference

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as well as admissions science

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engineering sample return and technology

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in humans to mars briefings

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nasa administrator jim bridenstine

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addressed viewers at the renowned

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countdown clock the day before the

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that gave way to a live broadcast

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thursday morning followed by a valuable

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post-launch news conference

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for more inside ksc check us out on

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