Saturday, August 4, 2012

Where and How to watch the Curiosity Landing


So, you have heard about MSL Curiosity, the most audacious probe/rover/thing sent to another world by humanity. Its scheduled to land on Mars in under two days (1 day and 13 hours, as of this post). So, how can one watch this marvelous, historical undertaking...LIVE? Turns out NASA has prepared and rolled out several methods with which you can participate, including smartphones and video game consoles.

The first step is to find out AT WHAT LOCAL TIME CURIOSITY WILL LAND for your area. Easy. Click here on this map to figure that out (map provided by @pillownaut of pillownaut.blogspot.com).

Now, choose your preferred device or source.

NASA MSL Cursiosity Mission Homepage
NASA TV
NASA JPL Ustream Channel 1 (with commentary)
NASA JPL Ustream Channel 2 (uninterrupted)
Follow @MarsCuriosity on Twitter for live updates
Watch the Curiosity Landing on Xbox Live
Watch with Ustream on Android
Watch using the NASA TV app on Android
Watch with NASA TV app on iOS
In Los Angeles area? Go to Planetfest, set up by the Planetary Society
Use this map to find Curiosity Landing Parties in your area (set up by @Pillownaut)
Follow #GoCuriosity on Twitter for live conversation during the landing
Live Google+ hangout with Fraser Cain, Pamela gay, Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) as well as other guests from the Planetary Society and the SETI Institute
Check out the awesome event site http://getcurious.com/ (has a wicked countdown splash page)
Worldwide Landing parties

Fingers crossed, ladies and gentlemen...MSL Curiosity promises to be one of the greatest achievements in NASA history, and certainly among the greatest in the history of Humanity. #GoCuriosity




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