NASA’s Perseverance rover just hit a major milestone in space

• NASA's Perseverance rover and the Mars 2020 mission just nailed a huge milestone on its way to the Red Planet.
• The spacecraft has passed the halfway point on its route to Mars and is still on course for a landing in February 2021.
• The rover and its helicopter companion are healthy and doing well.

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NASA's Mars 2020 mission just barely got off the ground in time for its trip to Mars. The window to fire off a payload to the Red Planet was closing rapidly when NASA finally managed to send its Perseverance rover and Mars helicopter Ingenuity skyward. Now, after months of traveling, the mission has hit a huge milestone, and it didn't even really have to do anything to accomplish it.

As NASA notes in its latest mission update, the Perseverance rover mission just passed the 146,300,000 mile mark on its journey to Mars. That means it's reached its halfway point and is now closer to its rendevous with Mars than it is to its own home planet, following the same path in reverse.

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