NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover coverage on NASA TV

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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover coverage on NASA TV

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NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover will attempt a landing on Thursday February 18, due to touchdown about 2:55 PM CST.

The following is the scheduled coverage on NASA TV:

I have converted the published times to Central Standard Time

FEBRUARY

Feb. 16, Tuesday
12 Noon —Perseverance Mars Rover mission engineering and technology overview
1:30 p.m.—Countdown to Perseverance Mars Rover landing livestream Q&A for middle school students
2:30 p.m.—Perseverance Mars Rover mission science overview
TBD—Perseverance Mars Rover NASA Social

Feb. 17, Wednesday
11:30 a.m.—Countdown to Mars Perseverance Rover landing livestream Q&A for elementary school students
12 Noon -Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Landing Update
2 p.m.—Perseverance Mars Rover briefing: "Searching for Ancient Life at Mars and in Samples Returned to Earth"

Feb. 18, Thursday
1:15 p.m.—NASA will provide multiple feeds of live landing coverage of the Perseverance Mars Rover, leading up to the rover's landing at approximately 2:55 p.m. CST.

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Love it! They even remembered to include Bernie's shadow.
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Bernie certainly gets around.
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LOL! Good thing he has the mittens.
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