Watch an epic journey unfold on Thursday, Feb. 18 as our Perseverance rover lands on Mars. To reach
the surface of the Red Planet, the rover has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.
Only then can the rover – the biggest, heaviest, cleanest, and most sophisticated six-wheeled robot ever launched
into space – search Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
Tune in to a live video feed of key landing activities and commentary from Mission Control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Watch live starting at 1:30 a.m. EDT (5:30 UTC), Fri., April 23, as four astronauts launch from Earth to
their new home in space, the International Space Station.
At 5:49 a.m. EDT (9:49 UTC), the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket
will lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur of NASA,
Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, and Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency will join the station's crew, for a mission of approximately six months.
This will be the first launch through our Commercial Crew Program to fly two international partner astronauts,
and the first reuse of a Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket for a crew mission.
Once aboard the station, the Crew-2 astronauts will spend a lot of time on science — in areas such as medical
technology, human health, and materials to benefit life on Earth. The space station is a unique scientific
platform, enabling researchers from all over the world to put their talents to work on innovative experiments.
It has instruments that monitor our home planet's global climate, environmental changes, and natural hazards.