So I've been a bit obsessed with the Mars Curiosity landing that is happening Sunday night/Monday morning and I thought I'd share the love.

Where to watch the landing:
NASA TV streaming online
NASA TV schedule

Times Square NYC

When to watch:
Coverage will of course be throughout the day on August 5. The actual landing time is about 1:31 AM Eastern Aug 6/ 10:31 PM Pacific Aug 5 (Time zone converter)


nanila posted a few days ago about how the landing is going to happen. Under the cut is the JPL vid that is crazy and awesome about the crazy awesome the engineers are attempting.




The science goals of Curiosity are to see if the ingredients to life are present on the surface. She's carrying 176 lbs of science equipment (compared to 11 lbs on Spirit and Opportunity) and will be doing analytical chemistry on the different sedimentary layers in Gale Crater. The video by the American Chemical Society below the cut explains it better than I can.