This week, preparations for NASA and United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Mars 2020 mission continued. Technicians with ULA used ground-handling equipment to connect the payload fairing, which will protect the spacecraft during ascent through Earth's atmosphere when the mission launches. Liftoff is scheduled for July 20, 2020, from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Also, twin boosters for NASA's Space Launch System rocket arrived at Kennedy, where they will undergo processing ahead of stacking on the mobile launcher in preparation for the Artemis I launch.

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