NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Launches With Your #CountdownToMars
To get ready for the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, NASA invited the public to join a global, collective #CountdownToMars project. Fans from around the world recorded videos of their creative countdowns, giving Perseverance a celebratory sendoff for its launch on July 30, 2020. Perseverance is set to land on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. For more information on the rover’s mission, visit: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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#CountdownToMars
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To prepare for the launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover,
NASA invited the public to join in the #CountdownToMars
[Fan] Let's light this candle.
[Fans] Ten!
[Fans] Nine!
[Fans] Eight!
[Fans] Seven!
[Fans] Six!
[Fans] Five!
[Fans] Four!
[Fans] Three!
[Fans] Two!
[Fans] One!
[Announcer] Zero and liftoff!
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[Announcer] As the countdown to Mars continues
[Fan] Blast off!
[Fan] Lift off!
[Fans] Lift off!
[Fan] Lift off!
[Fan] Lift off!
[Fan] Take off!
[Announcer] The perseverance of humanity launching the next generation of robotic explorers to the red planet.
[Fans] Lift off!
[Fans] Lift off!
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[Fan] Bon voyage!
[Fan] Best of luck Perseverance!
[Fan] Good luck Perseverance!
[Fan] Lift off!
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