NASA Live - PERSEVERANCE MARS ROVER Landing Today

MARS.NASA.gov ^ | 18 Feb, 2021 | NASA

[MtnClimber]

Watch the Feb. 18 Landing Broadcast

Tune in live at 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST / 19:15 UTC

- Main Commentary: embedded above or scroll down for a list of alternate platforms.

- Spanish Language: we have a one-hour program all in Spanish (starts at 11:30 a.m. PST)

- 360-degree Stream: for an immersive look at our control room try the 360-degree view

Clean Feed: if you are doing your own programming or if you want to see uninterrupted video of the landing, try the clean feed (starts at 11 a.m. PST)

[Repeal The 17th]

“EDL Main”:
Entry, Descent, and Landing – often referred to as “EDL”
is the shortest and most intense phase of the Mars 2020 mission.
It begins when the spacecraft reaches the top of the Martian atmosphere,
traveling at 12,500 miles per hour, and ends about seven minutes later,
with Perseverance stationary on the Martian surface..

[newfreep]

Sheila Jackson Lee’s “brother” is axing...

“Will Mars tip over?”

[Repeal The 17th]

The spacecraft executes “SUFR”
the “Straighten Up and Fly Right” maneuver, ejecting six more balance masses and setting the angle of attack to zero.

[polymuser]

[Repeal The 17th]

It either worked or it didn’t.
Should be on the surface, now.
We won’t know for sure for a few more minutes.

[polymuser]

Forget Marvin...

[ETL]

[Red Badger]

That woman’s voice is almost unintelligible....................

[MtnClimber]

She must be triple masking.

[Eagle of Liberty]

TOUCHDOWN!!!!

[Repeal The 17th]

Confirmation of successful landing.
Waiting now for images.

[Red Badger]

[MtnClimber]

six points!

[Eagle of Liberty]

First image!!

[Shadylake]

Amazing job. Something good out there at least.

[ETL]

First image!!

Is it just me, or is that a person, or something, on the surface??

[ETL]

Whatever it is, it resembles a former first lady. One that left the WH in 2016.

[21twelve]

Thanks for the link. Amazing how they can get the first image from the craft so quickly. Pretty amazing how smoothly it went.

[gundog]

I hope we didn’t run over his dog.

[twyn1]

Very nice! Enjoyed watching along with my grandson who is really excited about anything “Space”, esp. exploration and the various rockets and vehicles.