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LIVE COVERAGE OF THE MARS PERSEVERANCE LANDING (JPL), Feb 18, 2021, virtual, 2:15 pm ET
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Update, Feb. 10: Coverage will be provided on a number of media and social media sites:
- NASA TV Public Channel and the agency’s website, as well as the NASA App, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, and THETA.TV.
- In addition, an uninterrupted clean feed of cameras from inside JPL Mission Control, with mission audio only, will be available at 2 p.m. EST on the NASA TV Media Channel and at the JPLraw YouTube channel.
- A 360-degree livestream of the Mars landing from inside mission control, including landing commentary, will be available at the NASA-JPL YouTube channel.
- 2:30 p.m. – “Juntos Perseveramos,” the live Spanish-language landing commentary show, on NASA en Español’s YouTube channel.
Original Entry: NASA’s Mars Perseverance (Mars 2020) spacecraft will land on Mars on February 18, 2021. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will provide live coverage of the landing beginning at 2:15 pm ET.
The landing itself will take place at about 3:55 pm ET.
A post-landing news briefing is scheduled for 5:30 pm ET. It is one of a series of briefings in connection with the landing.
The full list is on JPL’s website. All will be streamed on JPL’s YouTube channel. The landing coverage will have one channel in English and another in Spanish.
NASA TV will also cover the landing.