Upcoming Events
Date | Title | Channel | Can I ask questions? |
March 8, 2021 4 p.m. PST / 7 p.m. EST |
Taking Flight: How Girls Can Grow Up to be Engineers NASA/JPL Panelists:
Mimi Aung, Mars Ingenuity helicopter project manager Keri Bean, Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Integration Engineer Roxana Gonzalez Burgos, Mars 2020 Rover Software Engineer |
Join Webinar | via Q&A on screen |
Archived On-Demand Recordings
Date | Title | Channel |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Panoramic View of Landing Site Q&A View image and release › Channels that carried the broadcast include: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, Daily Motion, and NASA App |
Replay on YouTube NASA |
Feb. 22, 2021 | News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update Channels that carried the broadcast include: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Daily Motion, ThetaTV, and NASA App |
Replay on YouTube NASA |
Feb. 19, 2021 | NASA Science Live: We Landed on Mars | Replay on YouTube NASA |
Feb. 19, 2021 | News Briefing: Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Update | Replay on YouTube NASA JPL |
Feb. 18, 2021 | Post-Landing News Briefing | Replay on YouTube NASA |
Feb. 18, 2021 | Landing Broadcast: Perseverance Rover Lands on Mars Channels that carried the 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 |
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Feb. 18, 2021 | Landing Day Live Stream for Students | Replay on YouTube NASAJPL Edu |
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.
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 Activation
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
Related Links
- Watch Online ›
- Mission Updates ›
- For Media ›
- Image & Video Galleries
- Mission Overview ›
- Fact Sheets ›
- Press Kits
Landing: Online | PDF (10.7 MB)
Launch: Online | PDF (10.9 MB) - FAQs ›
Helicopter Technology Demonstration

- Helicopter Website ›
- Fact Sheet ›
- Press Kit:
Online | PDF (5.51 MB)
NASA Channels