Houston, we have a podcast.

Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center,

episode 182, Mars Perseverance Landing.

I'm Gary Jordan and I'll be your host today.

On this podcast we bring in the experts,

scientists, engineers, astronauts all to let you know what's going on in the

world of human space flight, space exploration, and today landing a rover on Mars.

On July 30th, 2020, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover launched

atop a U.L. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. F. 41 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Since then, it's been traveling at more than 50,000 miles per hour, cruising towards Mars to make the near 300 million mile trek through deep space for seven months and land in Jeziro Crater on the Red Planet.

That journey is nearing its end.

On February 18th, 2021, perseverance will make its way through the Martian atmosphere and enter into what is famously known as the

seven minutes of terror.

This is the phase of flight called Entry, Descent, and Landing.

And for perseverance and the teams at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California,

this may be the most critical seven minutes of the flight to the Martian surface.

So here, to go into the details on entry descent and landing of perseverance is Chloe Sakiir, entry

descent and landing communication systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

So let's get right into it. Enjoy. T-minus by second, then county.

Mark.

A long, commit life, sir,

and she goes.

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