Atlas V

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V climbs out of Space Launch Complex 41 on the morning of July 30, 2020, between the four lightning towers that ring the pad, with NASA's Perseverance rover bound for Mars on top. The Atlas V is the quiet professional of this gallery: no fins, no wings, no returning boosters, just a long run of planetary missions and national payloads from the same pad. The lightning towers make SLC-41 easy to recognize in any launch photo.