Looking for ways to learn more about the mission, or the red planet in general? Here are a couple events happening around the country on Friday and beyond.

(formerly NASA Tweetups) are happening at seven NASA centers today (Friday, August 3), and are a great way to hear from actual rocket scientists and engineers who've been involved in this mission since its inception. You can watch them live on , too.

For the actual landing, late Sunday night/Monday morning, you have a host of watching options. If you're in New York City, you can watch the landing on a huge LED television screen. NASA also , and will be streaming live to and starting at 9pm Pacific (12am Eastern; 4am GMT). You can also follow along on and .

Curious about rocks on Mars? If you're in one of a few cities across the USA, you can see made to look like actual Martian boulders. Sponsored by Explore Mars (not NASA), this Martian "rock" campaign hopes to get the country excited about future missions to return Mars rocks to Earth, as well as the possibility that Mars may have hosted life in the past.