The Mars Rover Is Landing On The Red Planet This Month & You Can Watch It Happen Live
It's almost time for the Mars rover landing, and you can watch it happen live.
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover, which took off from Earth in 2020, will finally be touching down on the red planet this month.
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February 18
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover lands
It's all happening on February 18 and NASA will be broadcasting it live, with the stream starting at 2:15 p.m. ET (or 11:15 a.m. PT).
Perseverance is expected to land on Mars at about 3:55 p.m. ET (12:55 p.m. PT).
It will touch down in Jezero Crater, a place that once held a lake and could have evidence of ancient life.
Part of that crater was named after a national park in P.E.I. by a scientist with the mission who is from the island.
The rover has another connection with the True North, as the Canadian Space Agency is funding a Canadian scientist on the Mars mission.
In 2023, a Canadian astronaut will be part of a NASA moon mission that will make history.