Making Our Way to Mars: Journey through Space with NASA Astronauts livestream

Perseverance, NASA's newest and most advanced rover, landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. How did it get there and what might it reveal about our nearest planetary neighbor?

Join NASA astronauts Mary Cleave, Paul Richards, and Alvin Drew on a virtual field trip from Earth to Mars with stops in between to learn how this mission got off the ground and why it’s so significant for us back here on Earth.

The tour will be piloted by Carter Emmart, the American Museum of Natural History’s Director of Astrovisualization, using OpenSpace, a NASA-funded open-source visualization software. Bring your questions to be answered on-screen and also in the chat by Lunar and Planetary Institute planetary scientists Dr. Candice Bedford and Dr. Germán Martínez, and American Museum of Natural History planetary scientist Marina Gemma!

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OpenSpace is funded in part by NASA under award No NNX16AB93A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. OpenSpace is also funded in part by the Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden and the Swedish e-Science Research Centre.

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Superb presentation for an awesome expectation!

It’s tomorrow 💪🏾😎!!!