NASA’s latest rover from Mars was launched into space last summer and beyond almost seven months of space travel it is now on its final descent to the red planet. On March 2020 Perseverance the rover will land on Mars on Thursday, February 18 and you will be able to see it all live. This is how.
How to see the landing of the Mars rover
The Mars Perseverance rover is expected to hit around 3:55 pm ET on Thursday, and you can find official live coverage of the event starting at 2:15 pm ET on NASA Television and NASA website.
The agency will also host a live broadcast YouTube (month a feed in Spanish), and you can find additional coverage and comments on all of your social media accounts:
Finally, you can tune in a 360-degree live mission control flow via the NASA Propulsion Jet Laboratory YouTube channel or the mission control audio power supply a JPLraw.
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Event on social media
NASA also hosts his #CountdowntoMars landing event on Facebook, where you can see coverage, connect with other rover enthusiasts, and engage in questions and answers with NASA team members.
What to expect with the landing?
Perseverance is expected to take about seven minutes in its self-guided descent from the upper atmosphere of Mars to its landing point in Jezero Crater, but it takes just over 11 minutes for the rover’s signal get control of the mission to Earth.
This means that when we know that perseverance is going down, (hopefully) it will have already landed on Mars. NASA will receive a radio signal when the descent begins and expects to receive another landing indicator shortly before 4 p.m. ET.