Moses Lake explosive critical to success of Mars rover mission
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 last Thursday.
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The third and final test of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover’s landing parachute was done on Sept. 7, 2018.
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General Dynamics Ordinance and Tactical Systems Moses Lake Production Center, on the north side of the Port of Moses Lake.
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission’s disk-shaped cruise stage sits atop the bell-shaped back shell, which contains the powered descent stage and Perseverance rover. Below is the brass-colored heat shield that is about to be attached to the back shell. The next time the back shell and cruise stage will separate will be about 6 miles above Mars’ Jezero Crater in February 2021.
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MOSES LAKE — With the successful launch early Thursday of NASA’s Perseverance spacecraft, a little bit of Moses Lake is now headed to Mars.
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