MARS PERSEVERANCE NEWS BRIEFING: MISSION LANDING UPDATE, Feb 17, 2021, virtual, 1:00 pm ET

Update: Feb 14:  The revised title of this briefing in Mission Landing Update.

Update, Feb 10:  This event will also air on NASA TV, the NASA YouTube channel and the NASA App.  Participants are:

• Lori Glaze, director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
• Matt Wallace, Perseverance deputy project manager, JPL
• Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance deputy project manager, JPL
• Allen Chen, Perseverance entry, descent, and landing lead, JPL
• Kaitlin Liles, deputy chief engineer, Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation 2 (MEDLI2) sensor suite, NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
• Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, Caltech, Pasadena, California

Original Entry: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is holding a series of briefings in connection with the landing of the Mars Perseverance (Mars 2020) spacecraft on Mars on February 18, 2021.

The full list is on JPL’s website.  All will be streamed on JPL’s YouTube channel.

On February 17, a news briefing on Mission Status and What You’ll See Tomorrow is scheduled for 1:00 pm ET.