Google+ Hangout — Curiosity landing coverage

August 5, 2012
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NASA Mars Curiosity Rover landing craft approaches Mars  (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

To celebrate the landing of NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars Universe Today is running a special live hangout today (Sunday) Aug 5, 8:00 PM PT- Tomorrow, Aug 6, 12:00 AM PT.

“In conjunction with CosmoQuest. We’ll have all your favorite space/astronomy journalists on hand to discuss the mission in depth, and celebrate the landing live, when it happens.

“Over the course of this 4-hour Google+ Hangout on Air, we’ll interview members of the Curiosity team live in the hangout, as well as other special guests from the The Planetary Society and the SETI Institute.

Scott Lewis and Amy Shira Teitel will be on location at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to interview members of the engineering team, and show you what it’s like to be at NASA during this amazing moment.”

KurzweilAI’s Amara D. Angelica and Giulio Prisco will be on the hangout.