https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/07/30/mars-launch-nasa-sends-perseverance-rover-to-space/ > The Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter are finally on the journey to Mars. > The spacecraft carrying the rover and helicopter successfully launched to Mars Thursday morning aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:50 a.m. ET.