Photo of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Hundreds of emergencies … [+]
NASA / JPL-Caltech
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission is to reach the “red planet” and land boldly.
A $ 2.9 billion Sustainability rover – nicknamed “Percy” – is the largest, heaviest and most exciting rover ever sent to Mars.
Following online what will happen to “Percy” (and the Ingenuity Mars solar-powered helicopter test attached to her belly) live on NASA TV on YouTube on Thursday, February 18 is going to include some of strange moments.
Here’s how to do it all online:
When does NASA land on Mars?
Touchdown is scheduled for around 12:55 pm PST / 3:55 pm EST on Thursday, February 18, 2021. That is 8:55 pm GMT / UTC and 9:55 pm CET.
A nice countdown timer is here.
How do you stream NASA Mars live
Live broadcast and entrance report will be carried worldwide from NASA’s Jet Deployment Laboratory (JPL) in California from 1 a.m. 40 p.m. before landing time (11:15 am PST / 2: 15pm EST ).
You can watch NASA TV, NASA website, YouTube, Twitch and the NASA App. There is also a Spanish stream.
As you follow NASA landing online
For regular updates from NASA’s JPL during the rescue mission Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
There is also a unique guest experience that gives you mission notifications and updates, as well as a package of tools and multimedia resources.
What happens when NASA comes to Mars?
This is going to be a “seven minutes of horror” when “Percy” slows down and tries to land in that short time. It will be something like NASA ‘s tragic lie Curiosity rover back in 2012.
It also takes about seven minutes for the signals to get back to Earth from Mars, so before we hear that “Percy” has entered the Martian atmosphere he will have already landed … or fallen.
The seven minutes are going to be something like this:
- Descent through Martian atmosphere at 12,000 mph / 20,000 kph.
- Parachute and power drop to make the rover slow down to around 2 mph / 3 kph.
- “Crane sky” on the descent platform to lower the rover on three cables to land on Jezero Crater’s six wheels.
- Touchdown on Mars!
Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. It was taken with instruments on it … [+]
NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS / JHU-APL
Where is ‘Percy’ landing?
The 28-mile / 45-kilometer-wide Jezero Crater is thought to be a four-billion-year-old river delta – and it’s just possible that its clay could hold traces of microbial old life. It lies to the west of Isidis Planitia, a large impact basin just north of the Martian equator.
Where do you see the first pictures from Mars
As soon as “Percy” lands in Jezero Crater he will send back pictures – and here ‘s where you can see them.
The rover is also equipped with a series of cameras to record the descent, so we should get some “as-live” images as well.
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.