It’s been 365 days since the Curiosity landed on the surface of Mars. A year later live streaming below will be the one year anniversary of the Mars Curiosity rover’s landing on the red planet complete with footage, live Q&A with NASA officials and ISS crew members via Twitter and Google+, and pre-recorded interviews with the mission’s team.

The Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic coast of Florida on November 26, 2011 and landed without a hitch on Mars on August 6, 2012 at a site designated the Bradbury Landing site in honor of the esteemed author who had recently passed away at the time. The rover travelled an amazing 350 million miles (563 million km) to reach its target destination.

Watch the Curiosity rover’s live stream anniversary at 10:45 am ET here:


About 1,000 people gathered in New York City’s Times Square to watch NASA’s live broadcast of the landing which was projected on one of the giant commercial screens in the area.

People surely remember the landing’s Flight Director Bobak Ferdowsi, an MIT grad, who gained significant notoriety across seemingly all social networks for his Mohawk hairstyle with yellow stars which he wore during the televised broadcast.

NASA gave the general public the opportunity from 2009 until 2011 to submit their names to be sent to Mars. More than 1.2 million people from the international community participated, and their names were etched into silicon using an electron-beam machine used for fabricating micro devices, and this microchip is now installed on the deck of Curiosity.

According to CNET, Curiosity will serve as the basis for the design of an unnamed rover launching to Mars in 2020. Some spare parts from the build and ground test of the Curiosity rover will also be used in the new vehicle.

Be sure to tune in to the live stream above and submit your questions for the crew of NASA and the ISS via Twitter and Google+.