6.7K views · 380 reactions | China’s first mission Tianwen-1 to explore Mars was successfully launched on July 23. Here is a brief history of human exploration to the Red Planet. | Global Times | Facebook

In just 16 days NASA's newest rover, NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover will launch atop a United Launch Alliance rocket on its way to the Red Planet. Liftoff is targeted for 7:50 a.m. ET on July 30. Here are seven things to know about the mission: go.nasa.gov/3iL9RHq | NASA's Kennedy Space Center

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket will launch NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars. The spacecraft will explore the Jezero Crater to study the planet's habitability, seek signs of past microbial life, collect and store samples of selected rock and soil and prepare for future human missions. via United Launch Alliance/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | The Space Tap