NASA bound for Mars Perseverance The rover is ready to take off! You can see the launch of the groundbreaking mission on Thursday (July 30) live online, as well as on TV, cable and satellite, and kick in on social media.
Perseverance, nicknamed “Percy,” is scheduled to take off on July 30 at 7:50 a.m. EDT (1150 GMT) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Air Force Station. from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission will launch the rover to Jezero Crater on the Martian surface, where Perseverance is expected to land on February 18, 2021 after a seven-month journey.
You can see the launch of the Mars rover live here and on the Space.com home page, courtesy of NASA TV, starting at 7 am EDT (1100 GMT). But NASA’s live webcasts, which will include some behind-the-scenes moments for the mission, won’t be the only place where you can enjoy the launch.
Thanks to the magic of social media, the agency has created several ways for anyone to get involved in the event from home. Read on for a timeline of NASA’s Perseverance Mars 2020 rover webcasts through July 30, and how to join via social media.
In pictures: NASA Mars Perseverance rover mission to the Red Planet
NASA Countdown to Mars 2020 Virtual Social
For the launch, NASA is inviting the public to participate online and through social media. The agency is organizing a virtual NASA Social event, implementing fun augmented reality filters in social media applications (you can find augmented reality filters from Instagram of Mars hereMission control here and a 3D rover here), educational and fun tool kits for students and have invited the public to submit videos to potentially be part of the live launch broadcast, take a souvenir photo in a “Mars Photo Booth” and send your name loving You!
You can even participate in the virtual reality launch with a Launch of VR broadcast with Oculus on Facebook. Also, you can explore “Percy” in 3D with a NASA interactive tool That allows you to get up close and personal with the rover bound for Mars. See related activities and lesson plans for students here and hereand a “Mars 2020 STEM [Science Technology Engineering and Math] Tools kit ” here.
On social media, the agency is using the hashtag #CountdownToMars to celebrate the event
“More than 112,000 people signed up to be our virtual guests for the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 test flight in May, which was the first time the agency offered this type of launch experience to the public,” said the NASA Associate Communications Administrator Bettina Inclán. said in a statement from the agency. “For our launch of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, we hope that even more people will join us as we #CountdownToMars!”
With this mission, “Percy” will parachute over Jezero Crater and spend approximately two Earth years circling and exploring the Martian surface. With a robotic arm, a set of high-resolution cameras, and a variety of advanced scientific instruments, the rover will collect data to help scientists explore any possibly habitable environment on the planet, any signs of ancient and microscopic life, and the rover will take you show that one day you could travel to Earth on a future mission.
To see how the story unfolds, you can watch the broadcast on the NASA website here, in addition to the NASA television channel, if your cable or satellite provider transports it. NASA will stream the coverage of the launch online via YouTube, Twitter, and other social media channels, and is hosting a virtual #launchAmerica event with video tours and other features for the public to watch.
Here is a complete list of available NASA broadcasts:
While launch coverage begins at 7 am EDT (1100 GMT), NASA will have “Percy” coverage on NASA television throughout the week. Follow the updates and everything related to Mars with the following calendar:
Monday, July 27 (all times in EDT)
1 pm – Mars 2020 pre-launch news conference
3 pm – Mars Science / Engineering Report 2020
Tuesday, July 28
2 pm – Mars Return Sample Report from Mars 2020
4 pm – Mars 2020 Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing
Thursday, July 30
7 am – Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch Broadcast
11:30 am – Mars 2020 Perseverance post-launch press conference
NASA has until August 15 to launch Perseverance towards Mars and still reach the Red Planet on February 18. Visit Space.com for complete coverage of the Mars 2020 mission.
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