So. Excited. For. This. Mission.

Imagine drilling core samples for a potential return to Earth and examination of alien life?! 👽😱 https://twitter.com/ausspaceagency/status/1288288229456850949
Reason 2 to get even more excited about this mission - the first interplanetary HELICOPTER!

How *does* Ingenuity fly in such a thin atmosphere, equivalent to Earth's own at 30km altitude!

Let's hope the answer is "very well" 🤞 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1288634414868594694?s=20
Reason 3 to get excited - Australia will help track @NASAPersevere on its 7-month journey from the @CSIRO managed @CanberraDSN as part of @NASA's global Deep Space Network #CountdownToMars

More at:
https://blog.csiro.au/travel-to-mars/ 
📸 CSIRO/CDSCC/A. Cherney
Nice piece about @NASAPersevere and great to hear from top Aussie scientist Dr Abigail Allwood - lead of one of the instruments to search for life on Mars! 💪 #TheProjectTV https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1288767588407947264
5 minutes to go and we are looking good for launch! #CountdownToMars
Beautiful day for a launch..! Go @NASAPersevere !
Ten seconds!!
No more tweets for a minute, heart in mouth
80km height, SRB separation clean. Looking VERY good
Gorgeous blastoff by @ulalaunch of @NASAPersevere Everything looks VERY nice for this mission to Mars
Gorgeous blastoff by @ulalaunch of @NASAPersevere Everything looks VERY nice for this mission to Mars
Gorgeous blastoff by @ulalaunch of @NASAPersevere Everything looks VERY nice for this mission to Mars
Gorgeous blastoff by @ulalaunch of @NASAPersevere Everything looks VERY nice for this mission to Mars
How's this for a view? @NASAPersevere looks to be tracking perfectly.
How's this for a view? @NASAPersevere looks to be tracking perfectly.
How's this for a view? @NASAPersevere looks to be tracking perfectly.
I never tire of this kind of footage. A rocket finetuning its journey from Earth as the planet reveals its curvature beneath. @NASAPersevere is fairing well. Next stop the Red Planet! #Mars2020 https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1288806326815133696?s=20
I can finally start to relax after the #CountdownToMars Congrats @NASA @ulalaunch and to all scientists and engineers of @NASAPersevere - we are all incredibly excited to see what discoveries you make on Mars! #Mars2020
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