Perseverance's seven minutes of terror begins when it enters Mars's atmosphere.(Supplied: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Invites Public to Share Thrill of Mars Perseverance Rover Landing
NASA is inviting the public to take part in virtual activities and events as the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover nears entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet, with touchdown scheduled for approximately 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 18.
Australian (AEST) Friday 19th at 6.55am Feb.19th
Live coverage and landing commentary from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California will begin at 2:15 p.m. on the NASA TV Public Channeland the agency’s website, as well as the NASA App, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, and THETA.TV.
During landing, the rover will plunge through the thin Martian atmosphere at more than 12,000 mph (about 20,000 kph). A parachute and powered descent will slow the rover down to about 2 mph (3 kph). During what is known as the sky crane maneuver, the descent stage will lower the rover on three cables to land softly on six wheels at Jezero Crater.
Perseverance also is carrying a technology experiment – the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter – that will attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
“If there’s one thing we know, it’s that landing on Mars is never easy,” said NASA Associate Administrator for Communications Marc Etkind. “But as NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance has an extraordinary engineering pedigree and mission team. We are excited to invite the entire world to share this exciting event with us!”
NASA is offering many ways for the public to participate and stay up to date on landing information, mission highlights, and interaction opportunities.
To read more of this story and go to the many links please go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-share-thrill-of-mars-perseverance-rover-landing
For more about Perseverance:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
and
https://nasa.gov/perseverance
For more about Ingenuity:
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter
Australian (AEST) Friday 19th at 6.55am Feb.19th
Live coverage and landing commentary from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California will begin at 2:15 p.m. on the NASA TV Public Channeland the agency’s website, as well as the NASA App, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, and THETA.TV.
During landing, the rover will plunge through the thin Martian atmosphere at more than 12,000 mph (about 20,000 kph). A parachute and powered descent will slow the rover down to about 2 mph (3 kph). During what is known as the sky crane maneuver, the descent stage will lower the rover on three cables to land softly on six wheels at Jezero Crater.
Perseverance also is carrying a technology experiment – the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter – that will attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
“If there’s one thing we know, it’s that landing on Mars is never easy,” said NASA Associate Administrator for Communications Marc Etkind. “But as NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance has an extraordinary engineering pedigree and mission team. We are excited to invite the entire world to share this exciting event with us!”
NASA is offering many ways for the public to participate and stay up to date on landing information, mission highlights, and interaction opportunities.
To read more of this story and go to the many links please go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-public-to-share-thrill-of-mars-perseverance-rover-landing
For more about Perseverance:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
and
https://nasa.gov/perseverance
For more about Ingenuity:
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations
This video depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars February 18, 2021.
My other Mars blogs are at: http://www.mystardustobservatory.com/astro-blog/archives/07-2020
~ Thursday 18th February 2021 ~
ABC Science writer Genelle Weule has written an excellent article on Mars today,
please go to the link below to read all about this incredible mission to the red planet by NASA.
NASA's Perseverance rover gears up to land on Mars in 'seven minutes of terror'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-02-18/mars-perseverance-rover-nasa-seven-minutes-of-terror-landing/13164886
This video depicts key events during entry, descent, and landing that will occur when NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars February 18, 2021.
My other Mars blogs are at: http://www.mystardustobservatory.com/astro-blog/archives/07-2020
~ Thursday 18th February 2021 ~
ABC Science writer Genelle Weule has written an excellent article on Mars today,
please go to the link below to read all about this incredible mission to the red planet by NASA.
NASA's Perseverance rover gears up to land on Mars in 'seven minutes of terror'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-02-18/mars-perseverance-rover-nasa-seven-minutes-of-terror-landing/13164886
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