What a time to be alive, when you can pull a tiny computer from your pocket and gaze at a high-resolution panorama of Mars ...

A robot geologist on Mars Perseverance, launched from Cape Canaveral on July 30, was aimed at a point in space just ahead of where Mars was predicted to be this week.

The rolling NASA robot will soon head to "Jurabi Point," where Perseverance may get another chance to sample a Martian boulder.

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on the red planet less than two weeks ago, but the advanced robot has already sent back some of the most memorable motion pictures in history.

The car-sized Perseverance rover is set to launch toward Mars Thursday (July 30) during a two-hour window that opens at 7:50 a.m. EDT. Watch it live here.

The helicopter, Ingenuity, will travel to Mars clutching the rover's belly and, a few months after touchdown, attempt to fly solo.