Perseverance Landing Watch Party
Perseverance Landing Watch Party
NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will land on Mars on February 18, 2021. Perseverance, the most sophisticated rover NASA has ever sent to the Red Planet, is ferrying several cutting-edge technologies to the surface of Mars - including a helicopter named Ingenuity, the first aircraft to attempt powered, controlled flight on another planet.
The Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education Center (RARE) is proud to host a virtual landing party on February 18 at 2:30 pm EST. We’ll have a livestream of the landing and experts will be available to answer questions and discuss the mission.
Please RSVP to RARE@rpi.edu. RSVPs are encouraged, but not required to attend the event.
To livestream and ask our panelists questions please join us on Webex.
WebEx Event Number: 120 863 4986
WebEx Event Password: Perseverance
You can also livestream the event on YouTube.
The event program is available online.
Panelists
Karyn Rogers
Event Host
Associate Professor and Director, RARE Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
S. Mike Angel
Carolina Trustee Professor and Fred M. Weissman Palmetto Chair in Chemical Ecology
University of South Carolina
Kobie Boykins, '96
Staff Mechanical Engineer
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Peter Fox
Professor and Tetherless World Constellation Chair
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Brian Hynek
Associate Professor and Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
University of Colorado Boulder
Morgan Schaller
Associate Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jacob T. Shelley
Alan Paul Schulz Career Development Professor of Chemistry
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Andrew Steele
Staff Scientist
Carnegie Institution for Science
Links & Resources
In the days leading up to the Perseverance Landing NASA will be hosting events and activities for anyone who is interested in learning more. Links to the NASA broadcast, upcoming events, and other information is available below.