NASA launches Mars rover to look for signs of ancient life

Friday, July 31, 2020

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built -- a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers -- blasted off for the red planet Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back to Earth to be analyzed for evidence of ancient life.

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