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February 11th, 2021, 2:48PM / BY Kirby Ewald
Perseverance Rover on Mars ( NASA Illustration)
On Thursday, February 18, 2021,
Perseverance, a NASA rover about the size of a small car that launched from Earth in July 2020, will land in the Jezero crater in the northern hemisphere of Mars (18.5N, 77.4E). Its mission highlights include several far-reaching, audacious goals, including looking for signs of ancient life and demonstrating technology for future exploration. Learning about this unique undertaking through resources like our blog
mission page will help communities understand the importance of
Perseverance, both in name and in rover. But can we do more to be a part of this historical event? Yes!
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
Museum of Flight Space Mavens Offer Insights from Earth to Mars
An illustration of NASA’s Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Photo NASA.
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover lands on the Red Planet Feb. 18, and the Museum of Flight is hosting two live, online panel programs to prep and cover the landing with NASA JPL Mars mission engineers. The preview discussion on Feb. 11 includes Mallory Lefland, JPL Flight Controller, who will be on duty with NASA Mission Control for the rover landing; and on landing day, Feb. 18, the program includes Bill Cahill, the program manager for the MR-80 rocket engines that will power the descent stage bringing Perseverance to the surface of Mars. Both programs are free and online.