A robotic explorer is one step closer to Mars. the Mars 2020 rover arrives at Kennedy Space Center Wednesday.
It’s the last stop for the car-sized rover before launching to the red planet this summer.
Mars 2020 was assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in California. It’s mission: Uncover signs of life on Mars and identify and collect samples that will be sent back to Earth on a future mission.
A C-17 cargo plane carrying the rover will touch down at KSC's Launch and Landing Facility formerly known as the Shuttle Landing Facility. It will then move to a payload processing facility before meeting it’s ride to Mars -- ULA’s Atlas V Rocket.
NASA is in the final stages of a public contest to rename the rover.
