¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 February 15 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ki_Af_o9Q9s?rel=0 Landing on Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror Video Credit: [3]NASA, [4]JPL Explanation: Starting Thursday, there may be an [5]amazing new robotic explorer on Mars. Or there may be a [6]new pile of junk. It all likely depends on things going correctly in the minutes after the [7]Mars 2020 mission arrives at its new home planet and attempts to [8]deploy the Perseverance rover. Arguably the [9]most sophisticated landing yet attempted on the red planet, [10]consecutive precision events will involve a [11]heat shield, a parachute, several rocket maneuvers, and the automatic operation of an unusual device called a [12]Sky Crane. Thursday's [13]Seven Minutes of Terror echo the landing of the [14]Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012, as depicted in the [15]featured video. If successful, the [16]car-sized Perseverance rover will rest on the surface of [17]Mars, soon to begin exploring [18]Jezero Crater to better determine the [19]habitability of this seemingly barren world to [20]life -- past, present, and future. Although multiple media outlets may cover this event, one way to watch these [21]landing events unfold is on the [22]NASA channel live on the web. News: [23]NASA Perseverance Coverage Tomorrow's picture: seven more minutes __________________________________________________________________ [24]< | [25]Archive | [26]Submissions | [27]Index | [28]Search | [29]Calendar | [30]RSS | [31]Education | [32]About APOD | [33]Discuss | [34]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [35]Robert Nemiroff ([36]MTU) & [37]Jerry Bonnell ([38]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [39]Specific rights apply. [40]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [41]ASD at [42]NASA / [43]GSFC & [44]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ki_Af_o9Q9s?rel=0 3. https://www.nasa.gov/ 4. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ 5. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/ 6. https://youtu.be/nifdpFOY1FQ 7. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ 8. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/7-minutes-to-mars-nasas-perseverance-rover-attempts-most-dangerous-landing-yet 9. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/30/62/75/3062756a297f1e3c22e35f3fe89b3ecc.jpg 10. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/7-minutes-to-mars-nasas-perseverance-rover-attempts-most-dangerous-landing-yet 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110731.html 12. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/sky-crane-how-to-land-curiosity-on-the-surface-of-mars/ 13. https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/20049/challenges-of-getting-to-mars-curiositys-seven-minutes-of-terror/ 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120818.html 15. https://youtu.be/Ki_Af_o9Q9s 16. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-mars-perseverance-rover-gets-its-sample-handling-system 17. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/ 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezero_(crater) 19. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/objectives/ 20. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/does-mars-have-life/ 21. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ 22. https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#public 23. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210214.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 33. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210215 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210216.html 35. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 36. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 37. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 38. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 40. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 41. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 42. https://www.nasa.gov/ 43. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 44. http://www.mtu.edu/