Okay, people. Monday 2 PM EST, put down the shopping websites and tune in for a live Mars landing, including the most exciting denouement in science: a 7-minute period during which an orbiter slows down by 12,000 mph, fires explosives and rockets, heats up to 3,000°, and hopefully does not make a new crater.

Meanwhile, it does this all on its own, because it takes 7 minutes for the speed of light to come back and tell us what the hell happened. Watching NASA receive word that it was successful: better than any movie.

Broadcast starts at 2 PM Eastern, scheduled landing at 3 PM. Massive party or wake 3:10 PM.

NASA Live: InSight Mars Landing