Watch NASA's broadcast of the Perseverance rover's arrival on Mars.
If all goes well, it will strike at 3:55 pm
Unfortunately, we won't be able to see the SUV-sized rover land on the surface of Mars.
We just haven't gotten to that point yet, technologically speaking.
What we can see is the NASA control center.
The rover has made its journey through space since its liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in late July.
By the time it reaches Mars, Perseverance will have traveled more than 470.7 million kilometers on its way from Earth.
Perseverance is the first NASA mission to search for signs of ancient life on another planet to help answer the big question: was there ever life on Mars? The
rover will
explore Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient lake that existed 3.9 billion years ago, and will look for microfossils in the rocks and soil there.