Mission controllers will instruct a spacecraft about 175 million kilometres (109 million miles) from Earth to release and steer a paddling pool-sized lander towards the Red Planet's cold, dry surface.
Misijas vadītāji liks kosmosa lidaparātam, kas atrodas aptuveni 175 miljonus kilometru no Zemes, palaist nosēšanās moduli un vadīt to tuvāk Marsa virsmai.