NASA Perseverance and the 7 Minutes of Terror [Live: 18.02.2021, 19:15 UTC]

in Space Exploration3 years ago (edited)

EDIT1: extra video: The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

EDIT2: another live stream: LIVE: NASA's Perseverance rover attempts to land on Mars!


The Perseverance rover has four science objectives that support the Mars Exploration Program's science goals:[4]

  1. Looking for habitability: identify past environments capable of supporting microbial life.
  2. Seeking biosignatures: seek signs of possible past microbial life in those habitable environments, particularly in special rocks known to preserve signs over time.
  3. Caching samples: collect core rock and "soil" samples and store them on the Martian surface.
  4. Preparing for humans: test oxygen production from the Martian atmosphere.

Source: Wikipedia

NASA Toolkit Resources: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Engineering & Tech Overview – NASA Perseverance Mars Rover

Tim Dodd: NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover VS Curiosity - What's New? What's Improved?

Real Engineering: The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: 7 Minutes to Mars: NASA's Perseverance Rover Attempts Most Dangerous Landing Yet

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Animations

Veritasium visiting the helicopter at JPL: First Flight on Another Planet!


Mars Perseverance Rover: Countdown to Impact | JPL Mars Helicopter

A film about the Curiosity Rover: Voyage of Curiosity: A Martian Chronicle 4k

The Curious Life of a Mars Rover | Nat Geo Live

History about rovers on Mars and how Perseverance fits into it: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover - What's Different This Time? A Narrated Explanation


Check your local time of launch at: www.timeanddate.com


Where to watch:


Wikipedia Links

Perseverance (rover)

Mars Exploration Program

List of missions to Mars


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Everyday Astronaut: Prelaunch Previews

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