AS SOON AS WE LEARN MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
HERE WE WILL UP DATE YOU AT
CLICKORLANDO.COM.
WELL, IN LESS THAN TEN HOURS, A
NEW AGE OF DISCOVERY WILL LAUNCH
FROM THE SPACE COAST.
NASA IS SET TO SEND UP ITS MARS
2020 ROVER TOMORROW MORNING.
NEWS 6’S ERIC SANDAVOL IS IN
BREVARD COUNTY WHERE EXCITEMENT
IS BUILDING AHEAD OF THE MOST
ADVANCED MISSION TO THE RED
PLANET.
>>ERIC:  THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME OR THE SECOND TIME TAKING
AIM ON THE PLANET MARS.
IT IS ACTUALLY THE NINTH, IF THE
LAUNCH GO AS PLANNED RIGHT OVER
THERE, THIS TIME NASA WILL BE
LOOKING FOR LIFE.
NASA ADMINISTRATOR SAYS THE
AGENCY’S ROVER IS READY TO GO.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT.
>> RIGHT NOW, IT SITS ON TOP OF
THIS ROCKET AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 41
AT CAPE CANAVERAL STATION, IT IS
READY FOR A 7-MONTH TRIP TO MARS
WHERE IT WILL SEARCH FOR SIGNS
OF AN SENT MARTIAN LIFE.
>> WE KNOW THAT IT WAS
INHABITED.
WE DON’T KNOW THAT IT WAS
INHABITED BUT WE KNOW THAT IT
WAS INBE ABLE.
>> THEY ARE CAMPING AT THE JETTY
PARK.
HE HAS SEEN THE ROCKETS BEFORE
AND CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS ONE.
>> NASA IS ALSO JUGGLING THIS
WEEKEND’S PLANNED RETURN OF
ASTRONAUTS FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RIGHT NOW HE SAYS SPLASH DOWN AT
ONE OF 7 LOCATIONS ON SUNDAY IS
STILL A GO.
BUT THEY’RE WATCHING THE
TROPICAL SYSTEM MAKING ITS WAY
TOWARD FLORIDA.
AS FOR THURSDAY, HE SAYS, THERE
IS AN 80 PERCENT CHANCE OF
FAVORABLE WEATHER AND HE’S
CONFIDENT THAT’S WHEN ROVER WILL
HEAD TO MARS.
>> STAY TUNED AND WE WILL SEE
YOU ALL TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE
LAUNCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALSO, WORTH NOTING THE
CAPSULE THAT BOB AND DOUG WILL
BE RETURNING IN, WILL BE REUSED
ON THE NEXT CRUDE MISSION.
ON THAT MISSION, BANKIN’S WIFE,
ASTRONAUT MEGAN MCOR THEY ARE.
>> NOW THAT LAUNCH OPENS
TOMORROW AT 7:50 TOMORROW
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