Atlas V Launches NASA's Perseverance Rover to Mars

FULL STORY - www.americaspace.com/2020/07/...
At 7:50am Eastern an Atlas V assisted by 4 strap on solid rocket motors thundered off the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying Perseverance and Ingenuity into space on the first leg of their journey to Mars.
Footage Credit: NASA

[@AmericaSpace]

FULL STORY - www.americaspace.com/2020/07/30/perseverance-launches-atop-mighty-atlas-begins-multi-month-trek-to-mars/

[@retiredaccount7782]

🥇

[@sciencetoday4431]

Another big step towards Mars..

[@lars_world]

We have to controal the rocket again :(

[@AverageArtz]

The atlas is awesome. That rocket has carried some of, if not all, awesome exploration missions to space. Only exception might be the Titans.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Go little rocket!!!

[@r0cketplumber]

Seven minute orbit insertion burn- that poor lonesome RL-10 is an ant lifting an elephant.

[@marcusaureliusregulus2833]

😂😂

[@benskywalker2351]

It's efficient though. No better upper stage for interplanetary missions.

[@edlee8949]

Go, Go Perseverance.

[@garethandrew8641]

Great job everyone

[@thesquirrel914]

Atlas V is the best space truck there is!

[@dylanm.3692]

*Starship is typing...*

[@gokulnathg5801]

Rd 180❤️

[@marcosgomez1272]

Deseo y llegue bien Per se estancia a Marte. Saludos desde Ensenada Baja California Mexico

[@hadleymanmusic]

And atlas is the runnin back

[@yuaninigoguamos6720]

One last giveaway to earth, collaboration to mars

[@treasuregiroux752]

Love the Vids

[@lesbsocal9107]

I prefer the launch videos taken from the pad and I can see the nozzles spewing thrust close up.

[@sunethfrenando303]

Wow

[@investingmax3202]

Nasa went YEEEET

[@JustynaJohnson]

Cool video

[@ryanastillero4693]

Wohoooo!

[@sfsrocket2877]

Go Atlas v

[@efrenvelasco2117]

Aywant to see mars and athore Earth!

[@mr.grieves6662]

1:30 to the Karman line? May want to check your altimeter.

[@hooveyjones]

Huh?

[@corvette3052]

My brother *TESLA* sent by spaceX to mars, they're alone with starman

[@matthewquinn8534]

Did the second engine start? Usually the cone turns red or a orange color

[@ninjawarrriorr3062]

there is no second engine??

[@mav01]

You cant see it because of the type of fuel it burns, but it's on!

[@ninjawarrriorr3062]

The launch was really smooth! Cant wait to watch the landing

[@matthewquinn8534]

@@ninjawarrriorr3062 fingers crossed for a very smooth landing.

[@snowrocket691]

@@matthewquinn8534 This second stage engine was hydrogen powered, hydrogen is invisible gas, that's why you don't see anything.

[@Ryanb37773]

Birb is alive!!!!

[@robertmckeown5315]

Was that the microwave oven at 10:22? Pete, hot pockets are ready. :-)

[@sayonitepaskide7976]

no it was a text, i thought it was coming from my phone for a second

[@Wizardof]

Martians: SORRY WE ARE UNDER QUARANTINE. NO COVID PLEASE!

[@christianm.azevedo9091]

Pousou filhão!

[@aerohk]

No RUD... No RUD please...

[@Onkla]

2:00

[@motixepixx350]

Thx for timestamp!

[@meysamyusefi7964]

Damn Atlas 5 for using the RD180 engine

[@jakemckee1923]

Amazing engines, terrible history

[@rikvermar7583]

US rocket powered by Russian engine - that's trust?? considering they hate each other?

[@dillydilly3680]

@@rikvermar7583 considering the Atlas V has had no failures since 2002 they're reliable

[@rikvermar7583]

@@dillydilly3680 seems to of been a great partnership - watching the news these days it seems the only rocket Russia have built for the US has got a nuke warhead attached too it, and vise versa, watching the Atlas V launch only reminds me the news gossip are shit stirrers

[@rikvermar7583]

what way and why?

[@karlthemel2678]

One might be able to use a Venus swing-by to get to Mars, too?

[@emirhanyagcioglu6980]

yea they probably can

[@deveshnagpal7653]

Dude what 🤣🤣

[@mav01]

A Venus swing-by wouldn't be possible. You see, when we launch missions to Mars, earth and mars are at their closest point in their orbits. So Perseverance won't be able to slingshot with Venus, because we are just going outwards into the solar system.

[@morganverizon1]

Something was def not right if you look around 6:50right before beco seperation the earth view was completely on the other side watch the new camera view you can see it

[@aaronjacobs3980]

The camera on thr centaur upper stage is on the opposite "side" to the camera on the atlas booster. because of that 180° rotation, it gives you those 2 different views of the Earth

[@eddieochoa9507]

Avis to Atlantic 🤗

[@juliusanthonyjapon2727]

9:00 why the engine won’t start? Is there a problem?

[@burz96]

It ignited at 6:37

[@AlphaGametauri]

It is on, since it's in a vacuum you don't see a flame like you do on Earth cause it spreads out in all directions.

[@austrianandgermanmapping5274]

6:20 Lost Data!

[@rikvermar7583]

it looks like the RD180 engine which is Russian built has been pretty successful and seems to of been rated NASA's choice for a few decades - have Russia not used this engine for any of their own projects?

[@weebgrinder]

Guess they're sticking with the Soyuz lol

[@morganverizon1]

I cant wait to see the drone pics they alter lol

[@xPNDMASTRx-zc4fg]

Its gonna land in 1 year

[@andreweres2665]

Hello. Why is the rocket standing in 470km? Give it problems?

[@mav01]

That's because it's getting into orbit around earth, not heading directly for Mars.

[@thewizard2465]

1:10 is this joe rogan? :D

[@thedroid4681]

We need Elon to send the cyber truck to the moon and have someone drive it

[@no_alias_for_me]

that would be the ultimate pr gag

[@aleksasha2762]

This also is not as SpaceX launch. It's ULA. Who Elon loves to make fun of for good reason. Elon would not want you to think this is his company launch at all

[@iyedhasni925]

Teremtek

[@GeekGuru_]

How are they filming it from 470 kms above?

[@kylebutzerin7803]

Camera? All rockets have cameras on them

[@GeekGuru_]

@@kylebutzerin7803 the visual that we see by 11.52. Is it a simulation?

[@emirhanyagcioglu6980]

@@GeekGuru_ yes it is a real time simution

[@kylebutzerin7803]

@@GeekGuru_ Does that look like real footage to you?? Yes it's a pre-programmed simulation

[@GeekGuru_]

@@kylebutzerin7803 what I'm asking here is, how are they getting this footage , just like shot from somewhere else !

[@gustavosh.5147]

What are they going to do all these modules going to Mars?? NASA, China, Japan, UAE...i don't know who else. Mostly at the same time. I wonder if they'll bump into each other on Mars

[@mav01]

The reason for this is that now is the time where Mars is the closest to the earth, so it's the shortest travel time, delay in communications time, and, most importantly, fuel. This happens every 26 months. The closest Mars comes to earth is 27 million miles, while the furthest away is 151 million miles, so it's a pretty significant difference.

[@gustavosh.5147]

Cam Rocket maybe. Good point !

[@gustavosh.5147]

Maverick not quite what i intended with my question. I mean, there will be many rovers on Mars at the same time. Would those who control them on earth end up cooperating or fighting for information, Hacking... And who knows? China will be there, India, ...

[@mav01]

@@gustavosh.5147 Tbh, I don't think the rovers will interact at all. Mars is extremely large, and it's very unlikely for the rovers to work together or compete for info, because each mission is exploring something else. Also, there won't be any hacking, because, in space, we're all in it together. This is bigger than individual nations. It's all of humanity working towards this goal of Mars colonisation. For example, when we landed on the moon, it was considered humanity's achievement, not just the United States'. (This maybe isn't the best example because of the space race tho.) Quite a wholesome thing if you think about it.

[@gustavosh.5147]

Maverick you know China was excluded from international space station, right?

[@emirhanyagcioglu6980]

callouts and telemetry do not match up

[@kylebutzerin7803]

The audio and video were ripped off and not synced well by this yt channel

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@kylebutzerin7803 There was a problem with the telemetry. It seemed to show the rocket slowing and then falling very rapidly at one point. The announcer made a reference to it.

[@thesquirrel914]

They were accidentally tracking the booster instead of the Centaur. That's why you see the Telemetry data slow down & speed up again after BECO and stage separation.

[@silvervens]

SpaceX is more epik than Nasa's livestream

[@hectorherbert6585]

No more RD- 180/181 engines now for space programs....bummer..!!..those sanctions on Russia will back fire hard for many space programs..this engine is a monster ,super reliable and pretty 'cheap' considering..!!!..bummer.

[@weebgrinder]

Watching this after that joke of a launch by Bezos. Haha...I love NASA.

[@IDK_Mr.M]

2020 looks beautiful one rocket launch at a time. But it would of been cooler to watch a SpaceX launch.

[@aaronjacobs3980]

Atlas V was picked for this mission before falcon heavy and the latest variant of falcon 9 was available

[@savedwretch]

That live footage from the rocket towards the Earth....must be a big disappointment for "Flat Earthers" xD

[@sayonitepaskide7976]

I'm sure they'll find a way...

[@rawidfam]

Oh..its because of the fish eye lens... Is what a flat earther would say..🤣

[@darmon931]

Fake

[@sayonitepaskide7976]

@@darmon931 Yes everybody knows that the evidence supporting the flat earth theory is fake

[@darmon931]

@@sayonitepaskide7976 it's so fake

[@Justin-hz8bh]

Wondering why SpaceX didnt launch this? 😕

[@kislball]

SpaceX's fanboys are approaching.

[@Eddie42023]

@Fred Cink The falcon's payload fairing can't accomodate installing the RTG. It has to be installed on the pad very shortly before launch, through a hatch in the fairing. Falcon doesn't have that hatch. (yet)

[@hadleymanmusic]

Nice 9rbit this morning

[@ZamroniRoni]

Of course it, SpaceX use the reuseable rocket

[@vintageguitarz1]

You'll NOTICE that Space heXed is NOT USED to send something as important and this package to Mars. Space heXed is ALL HYPE, especially about Blow Hard Elon Schmucks Mars boasts!

[@mossy2571]

Wow really?!

[@Pintuuuxo]

How could they (ULA) ruin the telemetry?! Was that on purpose? The guys from SpaceX don't hide their game. That's why we all like SpaceX. Go Dragon (Aug. 1st).

[@joelcr250]

my favorite part was when the SRBs ejeculated

[@dylanm.3692]

I REALLY don't think that's the word you were looking for. ಠ_ಠ

[@LittleAnna777]

Earth looks flat 6:54

[@jamoin3829]

so it must flat or what😂

[@LittleAnna777]

44 er huh?

[@jamoin3829]

@@LittleAnna777 what huh? it's called implication

[@jamoin3829]

@fyoukim12 huh?

[@mav01]

The earth is massive, so being 366 miles up isn't really enough to see the curve

[@toathttoatht8076]

fart

[@JoMiMi_h]

flat

[@JoMiMi_h]

Note: social experiment

[@jujubean7664]

New Antarctictangle/JoMiMi lol

[@greenthunder1944]

Thicc

[@cb2000a]

Need faster propulsion systems to get to Mars.

[@mav01]

Having extremely fast propulsion systems would most likely result in major efficiency losses.

[@danielalexander4381]

The earth is flat tho

[@mav01]

Ok Karen

[@christianege4989]

Them only flat earth in existence is of you See it on a photo

[@danielalexander4381]

sogs bilby There are literally hundreds of videos on the internet that prove it lol

[@danielalexander4381]

Aleksandre Khundzakishvili I can always tell the difference between someone who is highly educated and one who isn’t, and you sir are the latter

[@danielalexander4381]

Aleksandre Khundzakishvili I don’t expect you to understand what ‘latter’ means so just look it up lol

[@stephensfarms7165]

Starship will land on Mars first, period. Wish on.

[@jakemckee1923]

Ronald Stephens well considering that the Mars rover just launched and the Starship hasn’t gotten off the ground, I think the rover will get there first lol. Also, it shouldn’t be a competition, if anyone gets to Mars, it would be amazing. Don’t make a competition out of something that’s not

[@heavenstomurgatroyd7033]

As an Engineer I get a thrill out of all technology and flight regardless of its countries origin. If you think about it we ALL stand upon the shoulders of those who came before us regardless of our borders. Science is the common denominator.

[@jakemckee1923]

Heavens to Murgatroyd, thank you. I’m on team space, not on Team NASA, SpaceX, ISRO, or RSA. I have to admit, the Soyuz rocket is one of my favorites and I’m glad that China just sent their three-in-one mission to Mars, it’s not about which country, it’s about space. Nice to know someone agrees with me

[@stephensfarms7165]

Jake McKee : Thanks 🙏

[@stephensfarms7165]

Heavens to Murgatroyd : Thanks 🙏

[@gireshmeghan5060]

Too bad this ULA rocket isn't reusable. Should've switch contractor to SpaceX. How incredibly wasteful of NASA and ULA.

[@QuadyMcQuadFace]

@@benlennox2980 agree I think the Atlas V has 100% track record with something like 50 launches. Until Falcon Heavy gets more launches under its belt to show its worthyness why risk a 5+ billion dollar payload.

[@QuadyMcQuadFace]

Just looked it up 71 flights with 100% success.

[@mav01]

@@QuadyMcQuadFace also, at the time this mission was planned, the falcon heavy didn't even exist yet. Also also, non-reusable rockets can lift heavier payloads as they don't need to save the extra fuel to land.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@benlennox2980 You mean Ingenuity, not Curiosity.

[@mav01]

@@odysseusrex5908 Actually, the Atlas V launched he curiosity rover as well!

[@wdzu]

Cool video