NASA’s Perseverance rover is so, so close to being ready for Mars

• NASA's Perseverance rover is now packed up and ready for its trip to Mars.
• The rover was attached to the descent stage of the spacecraft that will carry it through space to the Red Planet.
• The rover could launch as early as July 17th.
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Well, that's (almost) a wrap for NASA's Perseverance rover preparation procedures! The rover was recently put into its "launch configuration," which is just a fancy way of saying that engineers gently crammed it into its enclosure that will serve as its temporary home as it makes the long journey from Earth to Mars.

Unsurprisingly, preparing a high-tech machine like Perseverance for a trip to another planet is a complicated affair. In a new blog post, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory explains what will happen once the tightly-packed rover actually makes it to the Red Planet.

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