<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ki_Af_o9Q9s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Tonight at 12:31 central time this event will be streamed live to the world. Otherwise known as the 7 minutes of terror.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Live streaming video here. It will also be displayed on the jumbo-tron live in Times Square in NY.
So I'm guessing there is no mars video until after the craft lands and I wonder if they are going to show the video live once they do, or are they going to watch it first (make sure no martians are caught on film) and then show us a couple hours later once they've analysed the footage. I want live footage like the moon landings. I think this is why people are not interested in space exploration because scientists nowadays always want to look at the footage first and release it days (or weeks) later. Nobody wants to watch a football game that took place 2 weeks ago and nobody wants to watch a mars landing that also took place 2 weeks ago.
NO! That is the exact time they expect to hear back from the lander. There will be no communication between the lander and NASA for the 7 minute descent through the Mars Orbit. At 10:31 pacific time is when they expect the first signal from the lander "if" the poor thing survived. That video details everything that has to go perfectly in order for this to happen. Very similar to the Apollo 13 landing.