[Mic check: Listen to NASA’s Mars rover traveling through space]The little helicopter is strapped to the rover’s belly and will deploy after a safe touchdown.
Meanwhile, China and the United Arab Emirates also launched spacecraft to Mars in 2020. Those orbiters should also reach their destination in February after a journey of seven months and 300 million miles.For the first time in nearly a decade, NASA astronauts and their international partners will have several rides to the International Space Station next year if all goes well for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft final test without astronauts.The company is set to repeat its orbital flight test from Cape Canaveral to the space station and back to Earth in March.