(Updated July 5 @ 11:25 am MDT)
Rather than wait till Sunday evening and scramble to find the right websites and TV channels to watch NASA’s coverage of Curiosity’s Mars landing, I decided to start now. I found NASA’s schedule of multimedia coverage here. but I’m still confused. Based on what I’ve read different places, I’ve noted on my calendar that Curiosity lands at 8:31, 9:31, or 11:31 pm MDT. Someone (moi?) can’t seem to convert times from one time zone to another. I guess I’ll try to tune in at 6 pm or so, local time, and keep a close watch.
Update: As clarified in the comments below, the place to watch live, real-time coverage of the landing and NASA activities immediately preceding it is NASA’s website here. The landing will occur at 11:31 pm MDT.
All the times listed on the page you linked to are way after the landing PT. According to http://getcurious.com/ the landing is at 05:31 UTC on Monday, August 6, 2012. That’s 1:31am EDT on Monday, August 6 for me and 11:31pm MDT on Sunday, August 5 for you.
Going by the NASA schedule listed here: http://io9.com/5930912/everything-you-need-to-know-to-catch-the-curiosity-rover-landing (which I’ve verified), I plan to go here: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html around 11pm EDT Sunday night. That’s 9pm Sunday MDT. Of course that start time is about 2 and a half hours ahead of the scheduled landing, so I suspect they’re going to begin with a boatload of background info.
Of course I will be watching the after-the-fact Science Channel programming also 😀
Oh thank you! Would you believe 11:30 pm is the first time I wrote down. All the others came later. Further confusion because NASA calls their webcast NASA TV (I kept looking for a TV channel by that name.) I suffered the same confusion trying to follow SpaceX Dragon’s landing.
My fingers are already cramping from being crossed so hard!
(Sorry your comment got caught by the spam filter. I have it set to snag anything with more than two links.)
I wondered about the “Your comment is awaiting moderation” bit! 😀
I’ve adjusted the setting. I hate when friends get caught in that filter. 😳
Awesome! Thanks for the link Izaakmak. Now I have those tabs up and waiting for tomorrow night. I will be watching, too. I so hope it works, I really do. The detail and precision they put into the landing – phenomenal. I hope it pulls off without a hitch.
Go rover! Rover, Rover, now don’t you fall over!
You tell ’em!
Curiosity on the ground! You watching PT? 😀
You better believe it!