Curiosity landing live coverage is online

[E.T.]

Guest speakers all day long until we get close to landing time. Live stream. There's a lot to learn from the discussions. Keep your fingers and toes crossed for a flawless landing!

Watch NASA's live coverage of Mars rover landing | Cutting Edge - CNET News

[E.T.]

Eyes on the Solar System. Follow the simulation of the Curiosity landing in real-time as the landing itself occurs, and explore the solar system a little while you wait:

Eyes on the Solar System

[Wasatch]

Cool, thanks.

[ChuckWalters]

Five hours and counting.....very cool. I loaded NASA TV app on my iPad to watch. 1:31AM EST Monday.

[Klesk14]

I'll start to pick up on it soon! This is exciting

[helicon64]

Thanks. This is cool. Now let's find out more about perchlorate deposits and the presence of water on the red planet and Schiaperelli's Canals (haha)

Mars Lander Finds Perchlorate On Mars : NPR

[Ocyrus]

Sweet. Thanks for the link.

I see so many things going wrong with that landing. So much money and work gone into this, and it looks so, I dunno, fragile I guess. But I suppose they wouldn't have launched it if they weren't reasonably confident in the whole landing system/procedure... I hope.

[E.T.]

Success!

[E.T.]

Thanks. This is cool. Now let's find out more about perchlorate deposits and the presence of water on the red planet and Schiaperelli's Canals (haha)

Mars Lander Finds Perchlorate On Mars : NPR

The MSL EDL team really did their homework and pulled off an absolutely fantastic landing. The landing itself was only a few seconds off from Eyes on the Solar System EDL simulation, which I had running as I watched the live stream. When control got out the peanuts, I got some, too, and ate a mouthful. I was on the edge of my seat until confirmation, and then I relaxed and watched the EDL team party in control--for nearly ten straight minutes. The excitement was contagious.