Watch the Feb. 18 Landing Broadcast

Perseverance Mars Rover landing on 18 feb 2021

Tune in live at 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST / 19:15 UTC

Main Commentary: embedded above or scroll down for a list of alternate platforms.
Spanish Language: we have a one-hour program all in Spanish (starts at 11:30 a.m. PST)
360-degree Stream: for an immersive look at our control room try the 360-degree view
Clean Feed: if you are doing your own programming or if you want to see uninterrupted video of the landing, try the clean feed (starts at 11 a.m. PST)

Upcoming Events

Date	Title	Channel	Can I ask questions?
Feb. 18, 2021 9:30 a.m. PST / 12:30 p.m. EST	Landing Day Live Stream for Students	Watch on YouTube NASAJPL Edu	Register to ask questions
Feb. 18, 2021 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST	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 NASA App Spanish-language show NASA Clean feed of mission control on YouTube NASA JPL Raw 360-degree stream on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 18, 2021 No earlier than 2:30 p.m. PST / 5:30 p.m. EST	Post-Landing News Briefing	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 19, 2021 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 22, 2021 11 a.m. PST / 2 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars

Archived On-Demand Recordings

Feb. 17, 2021	News Briefing: Searching for Ancient Life at Mars and in Samples Returned to Earth	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Feb. 17, 2021	News Briefing: Mission Landing Update	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Feb. 17, 2021	Elementary School Students – Countdown to Landing	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
Feb. 16, 2021	News Briefing: Mission Science Overview	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Feb. 16, 2021	News Briefing: Mission Engineering and Technology Overview	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Feb. 16, 2021	Behind-the-Scenes Tour of JPL – Virtual NASA Social Q&A	Replay on Facebook NASA JPL
Feb. 16, 2021	Middle School Students – Countdown to Landing	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
Feb. 16, 2021	High School Students – Countdown to Landing	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
Feb. 12, 2021	Preview the Perseverance Mars Rover Landing (live demo + Q&A)	Replay on Twitch NASA
Feb. 5, 2021	Spanish: Live Chat with Fernando Abilleira of the Mars 2020 Team	Replay on YouTube NASA en Español
Feb. 2, 2021	Ask an Astrobiologist: Mars 2020 panel episode	Replay on Facebook NASA Astrobio
Jan. 27, 2021	News Briefing: Preview to Mars Landing	Replay on YouTube NASA
Jan. 14, 2021	Introducing the Mission to Mars Student Challenge	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
Oct. 22, 2020	Behind the Spacecraft — Meet NASA’s Eric Aguilar Eric Aguilar, Mars 2020 Technical Group Supervisor	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Sept. 15, 2020	Behind the Spacecraft — Meet NASA’s Diana Trujillo Diana Trujillo, Mars 2020 Phase Lead, Robotic Arm Science	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
Aug. 27, 2020	Behind the Spacecraft — Meet NASA’s Michelle Tomey Colizzi Michelle Tomey Colizzi, Mars 2020 Aeroshell Vehicle Lead	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL

*Schedule is preliminary and subject to changes. All news briefings will be broadcast and streamed on NASA TV and this page.

Launch Events: Archived On-Demand Recordings ›

For Media

News briefings and launch commentary will be streamed on NASA TV, NASA.gov/live, YouTube.com/NASAJPL and Ustream.tv/NASAJPL. On-demand recordings will also be available on the YouTube and Ustream pages after the live events have finished.

NASA TV channels are digital C-band signals carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite Galaxy-13, transponder 11, at 127 degrees west longitude, with a downlink frequency of 3920 MHz, vertical polarization, data rate of 38.80 MHz, symbol rate of 28.0681 Mbps and 3/4 FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast-compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is needed for reception.

For more information about NASA TV’s programming schedule, visit www.nasa.gov/ntv.

Perseverance Landing Day Milestones

Step 1 | Cruise Stage Separation

Step 2 | Atmospheric Entry

Step 3 | Peak Heating

Step 4 | Peak Deceleration

Step 5 | Parachute Deployment

Step 6 | Heat Shield Separation

Step 7 | Radar Lock

Step 8 | Terrain Relative Navigation Solution

Step 9 | Backshell Separation

Step 10 | Powered Descent

Step 11 | Rover Separation/Sky Crane

Step 12 | Touchdown!
*Expected Milestones

Toolkit Resources

Landing:Feb. 18, 2021
(Show starts at 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST)Landing Site:Jezero Crater, MarsMission Duration:At least one Mars year (about 687 Earth days)

Rover Quick Facts ›