MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
MSL development & assembly, Until it's shipped to the Cape |
Mar 29 2010, 08:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
In case you missed it there's 9 minutes on MSL (actual hardware visible) + 5 minutes with Dr Elachi on "This week in Space" there: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/
14 minutes out of 23 regarding Unmanned, not bad. -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2010, 04:19 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That's quite a giggle for those that remember the wheels on the MSL Scarecrow mobility model - check the tread on that
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001010/ |
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Jul 14 2010, 11:27 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 11-September 09 Member No.: 4937 |
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Jul 14 2010, 11:57 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
LOVE it!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 16 2010, 05:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Jul 18 2010, 04:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
Can't wait till we get higher res pics of the New mast. Ohh and a clean room panorama of the rover taken by Mastcam's perspective .
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Jul 20 2010, 06:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?rele...elease_2010-239
Video Camera Will Show Mars Rover's Touchdown July 19, 2010 A downward-pointing camera on the front-left side of NASA's Curiosity rover will give adventure fans worldwide an unprecedented sense of riding a spacecraft to a landing on Mars. The Mars Descent Imager, or MARDI, will start recording high-resolution video about two minutes before landing in August 2012. Initial frames will glimpse the heat shield falling away from beneath the rover, revealing a swath of Martian terrain below illuminated in afternoon sunlight. The first scenes will cover ground several kilometers (a few miles) across. Successive images will close in and cover a smaller area each second. -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Jul 20 2010, 08:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Weeks or months to get the full resolution video.
I can't wait for Dan Maas animation. -------------------- |
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Jul 20 2010, 09:56 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Initial frames will glimpse the heat shield falling away from beneath the rover, revealing a swath of Martian terrain below illuminated in afternoon sunlight. Madrecita de Dios! How many sols left for total aweness? -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Jul 20 2010, 01:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (climber) I can't wait for Dan Maas animation. Dan's not doing this one - but an updated version of the MSL animation that already exists is in production. |
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Jul 21 2010, 07:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Looking forward to the new MSL video. Dan Maas' video for Phoenix was awesome
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Jul 23 2010, 04:06 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl
Tune in tomorrow from 11 - 3 PST. Live from the clean room, should be worth watching! |
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Jul 23 2010, 03:01 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 25-March 10 Member No.: 5281 |
THe video streaming today is occurring because the plan is to drive the rover on the floor for the first time this afternoon.
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Jul 23 2010, 05:22 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Jul 23 2010, 07:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
http://human-spaceflight.blogspot.com |
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Jul 23 2010, 09:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Curiosity Rover Grows by Leaps and Bounds
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?rele...elease_2010-245 Talk about a growth-spurt. In one week, Curiosity grew by approximately 1 meter (3.5 feet) when spacecraft technicians and engineers attached the rover's neck and head (called the Remote Sensing Mast) to its body. At around 2 meters (about 7 feet) tall, the next rover to Mars now stands head and shoulders above the rest. Mounted on Curiosity's mast are two navigation cameras (Navcams), two mast cameras (Mastcam), and the laser-carrying chemistry camera (ChemCam). While it now has a good head on its shoulders, Curiosity's "eyes" (the Mastcam), have been blindfolded in a protective silvery material. The Mastcam, containing two digital cameras, will soon be unveiled, so engineers can test its picture-taking abilities. Up next today (July 23), the towering rover will take its first baby steps: a slow roll on the floor of the clean room where it's being built at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Watch Curiosity's progress live from the clean room on Ustream until 3:30 p.m. PDT today: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl . -------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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