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Upcoming Events

Date	Title	Channel	Can I ask questions?
Feb. 16, 2021 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Mission Overview and Technology	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 16, 2021 11:45 a.m. PST / 2:45 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Science Overview	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 16, 2021 8:30 a.m. PST / 11:30 a.m. EST	High School Students – Countdown to Landing	Watch on YouTube NASAJPL Edu	Register to ask questions
Feb. 16, 2021 11:30 a.m. PST / 2:30 p.m. EST	Middle School Students – Countdown to Landing	Watch on YouTube NASAJPL Edu	Register to ask questions
Feb. 17, 2021 9:30 a.m. PST / 12:30 p.m. EST	Elementary School Students – Countdown to Landing	Watch on YouTube NASAJPL Edu	Register to ask questions
Feb. 17, 2021 10 a.m. PST / 1 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Mission Status and What You’ll See Tomorrow	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 17, 2021 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST	News Briefing: Proof of Ancient Life and Mars Sample Return	Watch on YouTube NASA JPL	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
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	Watch on YouTube NASA Spanish-language show NASA	via @NASA using #CountdownToMars
Feb. 18, 2021 ~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
Jan. 27, 2021	News Briefing: Preview to Mars Landing Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters Matt Wallace, Mars 2020 deputy project manager, JPL Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing lead, JPL Ken Farley, Mars 2020 project scientist, Caltech Briony Horgan, Mars 2020 science team member, Purdue University	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 ›

Date	Title	Channel
July 30	Postlaunch News Conference Mission Team Members	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 30	Watch NASA's Perseverance Rover Launch to Mars! Mission Team Members	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 29	CountdownToMars NASA Social A full day of events, featuring NASA and mission team experts at both Cape Canaveral and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 7:30 a.m. PDT/ 10:30 a.m. EDT: Archived from Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral 8:30 a.m. PDT/ 11:30 a.m. EDT: Archived Q&A with NASA Science Leadership 10:15 a.m. PDT/ 1:15 p.m. EDT: Archived Q&A with NASA & KSC Leadership 11:30 a.m. PDT/ 2:30 p.m. EDT: Archived from Perseverance’s Launchpad at Cape Canaveral 12:30 p.m. PDT/ 3:30 p.m. EDT: Archived from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1:30 p.m. PDT/ 4:30 p.m. EDT: Archived Q&A on Power for Perseverance	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 29	Administrator Briefing NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine NASA Deputy Administrator Jim Morhard Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana NASA astronaut Zena Cardman	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 28	Mission Tech and Humans to Mars Briefing Jeff Sheehy, chief engineer, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate Jim Watzin, NASA Mars Exploration Program director Michael Hecht, MOXIE principal investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager, JPL Amy Ross, lead spacesuit engineer NASA's Johnson Space Center Michelle Rucker, Mars Integration Group lead, NASA's Johnson Space Center	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 28	Mars Sample Return Briefing Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, NASA's Science Mission Directorate David Parker, director of human and robotic exploration, ESA (European Space Agency) Jeff Gramling, NASA Mars Sample Return Program director Julie Townsend, sampling and caching operations lead, JPL Chris Herd, returned sample science participating scientist, University of Alberta Lisa Pratt, NASA planetary protection officer	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 28	NASA EDGE Mars 2020 Rollout Show Various Hosts	Replay on Facebook NASA EDGE
July 27	Perseverance Mars Rover Mission Engineering & Science Briefing Lori Glaze, NASA Planetary Science Division director Jennifer Trosper, deputy project manager, JPL Farah Alibay, mobility engineer, JPL Ken Farley, project scientist, Caltech Tanja Bosak, science team member, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 27	Pre-Launch News Conference NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, NASA's Science Mission Directorate Omar Baez, launch director, NASA's Launch Services Program Matt Wallace, deputy project manager, JPL Tory Bruno, CEO, United Launch Alliance Jessica Williams, launch weather officer, 45th Space Force	Replay on YouTube NASA KSC-JPL
July 22	NASA Science Live: Perseverance Mars Rover & the Search for Ancient Life Mission Team Members	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL
July 22	Mars 2020 Social Media Q&A: En Español Albert Sierra, chief of flight projects office, NASA Launch Services Program Elio Morillo, Mars 2020 System Testbed Engineer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Replay on Facebook NASAJPL
July 7	Teaching Space With NASA - Exploring Mars Science With the Perseverance Mars Rover Christina Hernandez, JPL Systems Engineer for PIXL	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
June 23	Teaching Space With NASA - Engineering the Perseverance Mars Rover Matthew Smith, JPL Systems Engineer	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
June 18	Von Kármán Lecture: Making a Mars Rover Dr. Briony Horgan — Scientist, Mars 2020 mission and professor, Purdue University Armen Toorian — System testbed lead for the Mars 2020 mission, NASA-JPL	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL
June 17	NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch Briefing Read news release ›	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL
June 16	Teaching Space With NASA - Introducing the Perseverance Mars Rover Farah Alibay, JPL Systems Engineer	Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu
May 21	From Rockettes to Rockets Heather Bottom, Systems Engineer	Replay Q&A Session NASA JPL
May 14	Engineer Lands Spacecraft on Mars... Again Al Chen, Entry, Descent and Landing Phase Lead	Replay Q&A Session NASA JPL
May 7	Protecting Mars from Earth Bacteria Moogega Stricker, Planetary Protection Lead	Replay Q&A Session NASA JPL
April 30	Seeking Signs of Life in Ancient Martian Rocks Katie Stack Morgan, Deputy Project Scientist	Replay Q&A Session NASA JPL
April 29	Meet Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter MiMi Aung, Mars Helicopter Project Manager	Replay on YouTube NASA JPL
April 21	Sticking the Red Planet Landing Chloe Sackier and Al Chen, Mars 2020 Entry, Descent and Landing Engineers	Replay on YouTube #NASAatHome Spaceport Series
April 13	NASA's New Mars Rover's 20/20 Vision Jim Bell and Justin Maki, Mars Rover "Optometrists"	Replay on YouTube #NASAatHome Spaceport Series
April 3	How to Transport NASA's New Mars Rover David Stafford and Ben Marti, Integration Engineers	Replay on YouTube #NASAatHome Spaceport Series

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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.

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