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Will there be something to watch live as it lands? What should I expect?

wlesieutre 6y ago
They'll have a stream on NASA TV. Not so many camera feeds as a SpaceX rocket, but I'm guessing similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAL4F6IWC-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAL4F6IWC-Y Space.com says NASA's landing broadcast will start at 2:15 PM EST on Thursday: https://www.space.com/mars-rover-perseverance-landing-webcasts https://www.space.com/mars-rover-perseverance-landing-webcas... There's already some Perseverance stuff being broadcast today, I tuned in for a while earlier and they were answering questions from social media about stuff like the team working on Mars time after landing.
- Me1000 6y ago
  The coverage for Perseverance will actually have seven cameras for landing! https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/cameras/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/cameras/
  - chrononaut 6y ago
    To ensure it's clear for other readers, footage from the new cameras will not be streamed live during descent, but made available several days later. To get a very "rough" sense of what that footage may be like afterwards (with a lot more cameras), Doug Ellison has a good composition from the Curiosity landing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioPhfxnSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioPhfxnSY
chrononaut 6y ago
The video wlesieutre linked of the Curiosity landing is a great reference of what you will experience for Perseverance's landing while watching it live. The video cuts short but about 10 to 30 minutes after landing they will likely have a half dozen low resolution images from the rover itself, much like they had with Curiosity.
- jcims 6y ago
  I'm watching it again now. It starts off slow but really picks up once they get into the atmosphere. For those that haven't watched it definitely watch the 7 minutes of terror video first so you understand what is happening as they call it out. I'm getting chills again lol
jrussino 6y ago
This is probably one of the best resources for watching live: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online... https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/

They'll have a stream on NASA TV. Not so many camera feeds as a SpaceX rocket, but I'm guessing similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAL4F6IWC-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAL4F6IWC-Y Space.com says NASA's landing broadcast will start at 2:15 PM EST on Thursday: https://www.space.com/mars-rover-perseverance-landing-webcasts https://www.space.com/mars-rover-perseverance-landing-webcas... There's already some Perseverance stuff being broadcast today, I tuned in for a while earlier and they were answering questions from social media about stuff like the team working on Mars time after landing.

Me1000 6y ago
The coverage for Perseverance will actually have seven cameras for landing! https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/cameras/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/cameras/
- chrononaut 6y ago
  To ensure it's clear for other readers, footage from the new cameras will not be streamed live during descent, but made available several days later. To get a very "rough" sense of what that footage may be like afterwards (with a lot more cameras), Doug Ellison has a good composition from the Curiosity landing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioPhfxnSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZioPhfxnSY

chrononaut 6y ago

The video wlesieutre linked of the Curiosity landing is a great reference of what you will experience for Perseverance's landing while watching it live. The video cuts short but about 10 to 30 minutes after landing they will likely have a half dozen low resolution images from the rover itself, much like they had with Curiosity.

jcims 6y ago
I'm watching it again now. It starts off slow but really picks up once they get into the atmosphere. For those that haven't watched it definitely watch the 7 minutes of terror video first so you understand what is happening as they call it out. I'm getting chills again lol

jrussino 6y ago

This is probably one of the best resources for watching live: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online... https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/