NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover will be touching down on Mars this coming Friday and there are a lot of programs you can tune in to in order to watch it! This will include a 360-degree stream for a more immersive look at their control room, as well as a clean feed in case you want to do your own programming or want to see an uninterrupted video of the landing.
Here is the full schedule with Philippine times and where to watch it – time to mark your calendars!
February 17, 2021
2AM – News Briefing: Mission Engineering and Technology Overview – on YouTube
4:30AM – News Briefing: Mission Science Overview – on YouTube
8AM – Behind the Scenes Tour of JPL and Virtual NASA Social Q&A – on Facebook
February 18, 2021
2AM – News Briefing: Searching for Ancient Life on Mars and in Samples Returned to Earth – on YouTube
February 19, 2021
3:15AM – LIVE Landing Broadcast: Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars
Channels that will carry the live broadcast include YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, Theta.TV, and the NASA App
The clean feed of mission control will be available on YouTube. The 360-degree stream will also be available on YouTube.
No later than 6:30AM – Post-Landing News Briefing – on YouTube
February 20, 2021
2AM – News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update – on YouTube
February 23, 2021
3AM – News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update – on YouTube
Who’s excited for this?
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