NASA Countdown to Mars
Excitement among science enthusiasts is building up as NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after a seven-month journey. As part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, the car-size Perseverance rover will hunt for signs of ancient life, collect and cache samples for future return to Earth. The rover, which was launched from Earth on July 30, is headed straight for Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient river delta. When it finally reaches Mars, Perseverance will have traveled 292.5 million miles on its journey from Earth.
Landing will not be easy as NASA picked one of the hardest areas to explore. “If there’s one thing we know, it’s that landing on Mars is never easy. But as NASA’s fifth Mars rover, Perseverance has an extraordinary engineering pedigree and mission team.
Where to watch the landing:
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 Channel and the agency’s website, as well as the NASA App, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, and THETA.TV.
https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg (2018)
https://www.space.com/perseverance-mars-rover-landing-nasa-documentary?jwsource=cl(2020)
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