Touchdown! The Sights and Sounds of Perseverance on Mars
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Mars 2020 rover is on Mars. We have collected the most thrilling moments from the landing and the revelations that followed, including the first sounds recorded on the Red Planet. Bill Nye congratulates the entire Perseverance team and explains why this audacious mission is so important. Then Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan welcome special guests as they read the winners of the What’s Up Mars poetry contest. There’s more to discover at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/perseverance-landing-highlights
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| 0:00.0 | Touchdown, the sights and sounds of Perseverance on Mars, this week on Planetary Radio. |
| 0:11.6 | Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across |
| 0:17.0 | our solar system and beyond. |
| 0:19.8 | NASA's Mars 2020 rover has safely reached Jezero crater, taking the first step toward |
| 0:25.5 | the return of Martian soil that may tell us if life once existed there. |
| 0:31.8 | In the meantime, it will explore a river delta, launch a helicopter, make movies, and let |
| 0:37.3 | us listen to the sounds of the red planet. |
| 0:40.6 | A very special episode of our show this week is we bring you many of the most memorable |
| 0:45.7 | moments in the creation of a most memorable space exploration milestone. |
| 0:51.9 | We'll also hear my brief conversation with Bill and I about this accomplishment. |
| 0:56.6 | Then Bruce Pets and I will be joined by some special guests to present the winners of our |
| 1:00.8 | Mars Poetry Competition. |
| 1:03.4 | We'll close with the Planetary Radio premiere of a new tune inspired by Perseverance that |
| 1:09.0 | was composed and recorded by our unearthly friends, the Amoeba people, on the day the rover |
| 1:14.8 | landed. |
| 1:15.8 | We'll get right to it, skipping our usual review of headlines from the Planetary Society's |
| 1:20.6 | newsletter. |
| 1:21.6 | Besides the top story in the latest edition of the downlink is, what else, the landing |
| 1:26.9 | of Perseverance? |
| 1:28.5 | You can read and see more at planetary.org slash downlink. |
| 1:34.0 | It's the morning of Thursday, February 18th at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
| 1:39.0 | A crowd has gathered there, that in itself is out of the ordinary after nearly a year |
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