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nose cone containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop a motorized payload transporter

July 07, 2020

The payload fairing, or nose cone, containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop the motorized payload transporter that will carry it to Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The image was taken on July 7, 2020.

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