NASA's Perseverance robot is expected to land on Mars Thursday night around 10 p.m.

Arte brings the event to life live from 8:45 p.m. on YouTube and Twitch, with commentary by youtubeur Axolot.

He explains in "Culture Médias" why this moment, which he says is science fiction, is a historical moment. 

Arte offers a live broadcast of a few minutes of rare intensity on Thursday evening at around 10 p.m.: the descent to Mars of the Perseverance robot, launched by NASA last July.

The robot is equipped to bring back pieces of the soil from the red planet.

A first.

Its descent should last 7 minutes.

Arte broadcasts it live on its YouTube and Twitch channels, in a show that begins at 8:45 p.m.

And the channel chose a famous YouTuber, and very good science popularizer to comment on this landing.

His name is Patrick Baud, alias Axolot.

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And Axolot is very happy to bring to life this moment which considers exceptional, and even historic.

"The landing is the most critical moment of this mission, in which billions of dollars have been invested," he recalls.

"If the landing goes badly, the rest of the mission will not happen. That's why this is such a critical moment. There is a huge amount of suspense."

"It's science fiction!"

And the YouTuber, used to making understandable by all the craziest components of science, does not recover from this event.

"It's science fiction!", He exclaims.

"Today, it seems completely banal and acquired to us. But I continue to find it incredible. In addition, we will be able to witness this landing almost live, while it is happening millions and millions of kilometers from us. ".

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Patrick Baud, aka Axolot, will be surrounded by experts, including researchers at the CNRS.

They will comment on the images together and respond live to Internet users' questions.

The show begins at 8:45 p.m. on Arte's YouTube and Twitch channels.

Landing is scheduled for around 10 p.m.