QUESTION:
How long is the estimated entry time, and the times of each phase of the 
entry (parachute, rocket deployment, etc.). How long after landing will 
the first lander picture be taken and transmitted to Earth, the rover be 
deployed, and the first rover pictures returned to Earth?  

ANSWER from Cheick Diarra on September 19, l996:
From the time we enter the Martian atmosphere (estimated to happen 
at 150 km) to the time we land will be about 6 minutes (the whole 
Entry-Descent-Landing takes 6 minutes). When the chute is deployed, it 
will take it about 10-20 seconds to stabilize, then the heat shield is 
released...according to plans.

The landing site image will be available at around 5 PM (pacific time) 
on July 4 1997; the rover will be deployed after the landing site image is 
understood. The landing site image will include image(s) of the rover 
on the petal which is used to finalize the deployment strategy.