# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPZnooA-IW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15342054-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-07-29T21:12:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

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Set your reminder now! ⏰ ⁣
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We’re going back to Mars, and we’d like you to be our virtual guest on the trip. Tomorrow at 7:50 a.m. EDT, NASA will launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on a seven-month journey to the Red Planet. After landing in Jezero Crater, the robotic astrobiologist and scientist will search for signs that microbes might have lived on Mars long ago, collect soil samples to be returned to Earth on a future mission, and pave the way for human exploration beyond the Moon. Perseverance will be accompanied by a helicopter called Ingenuity, the first attempt at powered flight on another world.⁣
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“More than 112,000 people registered to be our virtual guests for NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight launch in May, which was the first time the agency had offered this type of launch experience to the public,” said NASA Associate Administrator for Communications Bettina Inclán. “For our Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launch, we hope even more people will join us as we #CountdownToMars!”⁣
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As NASA prepares for this exciting mission, we intend to bring the excitement of launch to you! Due to the coronavirus pandemic and in the interest of health and safety, NASA can’t invite you to Kennedy Space Center to watch the launch in person. Register at the link in our bio to stay up-to-date on mission information, mission highlights, and interaction opportunities.⁣
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#Perseverance #WeAreGoing #exploration #Mars #deepspace

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deepspace, countdowntomars, wearegoing, mars, perseverance, exploration

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