NASA rover Perseverance blasts off to Mars seeking signs of life

The Perseverance rover —2,260-pound, 10-feet long —will conduct experiments critical to future human exploration of the red planet.Perseverance is also carrying a small helicopter named Ingenuity, which if successful will be 'the first aircraft to fly in a controlled way on another planet', NASA said

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