Phoenix has landed! |
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May 25 2008, 11:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Successful touchdown
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May 25 2008, 11:58 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 |
Some peanuts left, anybody ?
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May 25 2008, 11:59 PM
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Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
thank you Mars for letting this one pass through..
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May 25 2008, 11:59 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
We need an emoticon for tears of joy...wow, just wow is all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-------------------- 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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May 25 2008, 11:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
Successful touchdown Absolutely awesome stuff, right by the book! Did I hear correctly they're saying a quarter of a degree tilt? -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:00 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
yes, 1/4 degree
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May 26 2008, 12:01 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Gonna go ahead and call that "flat", then.....
-------------------- 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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May 26 2008, 12:01 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never doubted it for a second! -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:01 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 15-February 05 From: France Member No.: 169 |
That was simply amazing, my first live landing on another planet
Those last seconds were scary, it went so fast i thought it was going too fast ! That was beautiful Edit : no peanuts here, but i'm eating a Mars bar to celebrate this ! |
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May 26 2008, 12:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 26-June 04 From: Austria Member No.: 89 |
I suspect the last 100m down were a little longer than in the EDL simulation, isn it ?
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May 26 2008, 12:02 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I hear ya...I might have to make an appointment with a proctologist tomorrow...
-------------------- 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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May 26 2008, 12:03 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
259 (!!!) online at UMSF
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May 26 2008, 12:03 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 |
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May 26 2008, 12:03 AM
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May 26 2008, 12:04 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 56 Joined: 6-September 05 From: Paderborn, Germany Member No.: 484 |
273 Visitors now at UMSF ... WOW!
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May 26 2008, 12:04 AM
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God, can't believe it! I'm almost in tears!
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May 26 2008, 12:05 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
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May 26 2008, 12:05 AM
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Perfectly aligned East-West as well! Perfect!!!
Bed time for me, don't look at the pics till I get back in the morning! James -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
WOW! Im so happy. Drinking a beer to touchdown!
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May 26 2008, 12:06 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 |
Me too. Did I say 55%? Must have been a typo. I meant 100%. Rui and I won the poll -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:07 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Perfectly aligned East-West as well! Perfect!!! Bed time for me, don't look at the pics till I get back in the morning! James Bed time for me too in an hour or two - that is, if I'm able to fall to sleep. Will probably have to wake up in the middle of the night to check for any images . |
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May 26 2008, 12:08 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
So glad it's afternoon here...don't think my pulse rate's gonna go down for a few hours yet...man!!!!!!
-------------------- 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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May 26 2008, 12:08 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Rui and I won the poll Never doubted it although I wiiwiied a lot... A Fantastic time to be Alive!!! Play the EPIC!!! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 26 2008, 12:09 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
"Solar arrays open" is listed as occurring at 00:06:33 ERT (UTC). Does anyone remember when confirmation that this worked is due?
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May 26 2008, 12:09 AM
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Completely flat only landing site but still don't know how are they arounds!!!
Wait for few minutes for a possible transmission of pictures. The solar panels will deploy a little after the touchdown. This pause allows the dust kicked up during the landing to settle and not collect on the arrays. |
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May 26 2008, 12:10 AM
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It landed at a 1/4 degree tilt
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May 26 2008, 12:12 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 |
Peter is talking about extended mission! Mood is high, very high.
What a thing it was to share this with you all. Edited : a big thanks to administrators an a thought for Emily having her server down. I hope you enjoyed the landing anyway -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:14 AM
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May 26 2008, 12:17 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 20-September 06 From: Hanoi, Vietnam Member No.: 1164 |
Wonderful. Congratulations to the Phoenix team for bringing Mars closer to us
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May 26 2008, 12:21 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
Wish they'd give us some comments from Rob Manning.
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May 26 2008, 12:21 AM
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Amazing how that tension and anxiety quite literally drains away when you hear "TOUCHDOWN"
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May 26 2008, 12:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Someone remind me now, when can we possibly expect images?
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 26 2008, 12:21 AM
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"Solar arrays open" is listed as occurring at 00:06:33 ERT (UTC). Does anyone remember when confirmation that this worked is due? My guess would be during the Mars Odyssey relay that begins about 01:43UTC.... -------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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May 26 2008, 12:22 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
What a glorious night !
Shall we get solar panel confirmation any minute now ? |
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May 26 2008, 12:23 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Someone remind me now, when can we possibly expect images? Little shy of 90 min from now, Dan. -------------------- 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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May 26 2008, 12:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
I believe it and I am in tears.... happens everytime...
WOW... those last few minutes went like seconds!!!!! to me... could hardly keep up on my checklist.... Can't wait for those first thumbnail pics.... remember MER??? This should be very flat (so few rocks, Doug????? ) but just to see those solar arrays fanned out will be beautiful..... now for that shot of Jack... CHEERS!!!!! Craig |
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May 26 2008, 12:24 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Italy Member No.: 134 |
Post landing poll delayed 10 minutes.
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May 26 2008, 12:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4249 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
I second climber's comments - kudos to the UMSF team for letting us share this! The site worked smoothly right through landing. And thanks to dmuller for the great simulation.
Oh yeah, and, according to my formula, Mars currently occupies 180 degrees from the viewpoint of Phoenix! |
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May 26 2008, 12:26 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Fantastic evening everyone, just fantastic... and what a BRILLIANT way of experiencing it with everyone here!
No WAY I'm going to bed before seeing those first pictures... according to my formula, Mars currently occupies 180 degrees from the viewpoint of Phoenix! -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:26 AM
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May 26 2008, 12:26 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 |
Wish they'd give us some comments from Rob Manning. TTT This is an unMANNINGspaceflight -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:26 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
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May 26 2008, 12:28 AM
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And next time... a completely new system for powered descent... SKYCRANE
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May 26 2008, 12:28 AM
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except for the RADs on on pathfinder and MER
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May 26 2008, 12:28 AM
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Yes - I can attest to the 32 year time span, having been at JPL for the Viking 2 landing...
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May 26 2008, 12:30 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 |
This give good mood for skycrane.
1- they'll do a lot of studies since this will be THE futur landing system 2- Only the last meters will change as compared to full powered descent -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 12:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
Congrats to the Phoenix team!Great job guys!
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May 26 2008, 12:32 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Yes - I can attest to the 32 year time span, having been at JPL for the Viking 2 landing... And I remember following the Viking mission as a child. No live coverage back then, at least not where I live. Now I get to see everything live. How things have changed... |
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May 26 2008, 12:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624 |
I had to switched from Discovery Channel to my computer to watch NASA TV to rid myself of their commentary! A lot more exciting on NASA TV!
I'm still quite emotional. Landing on an alien world does that to the soul. |
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May 26 2008, 12:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Woohoo! Wonderful! Can't believe how happy these moments are.
Has somebody already put the last few minutes on youtube so we can relive those wonderful moments of telemetry-bliss! -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
I'm working late tonight at the moment, deadline next morning, so it's perfect for waiting for those first few pics
The first views from an alien landscape, so incredibly far and yet now so close Very emotional landing, specially doing it live here with all of you. Many Congrats for the Pheonix team, thanks so much for sharing your vision with all of us. Spirit and Oppy have company! |
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Shall we get solar panel confirmation any minute now ? Maybe during the checkoff in five minutes power production will indicate the state of the panels. Don't know if it will be clearly stated at that time, but surely the first pictures to come down in a little over an hour will show the panels in all their glory! |
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 1-August 06 From: Vienna, Austria Member No.: 1002 |
Emily has taken her laptop into the press briefing - see her Ustream. Sounding good.
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May 26 2008, 12:37 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Italy Member No.: 134 |
I recorded the NASA TV windows media stream during EDL. About 70 MB. I'm trying to upload on youtube...
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May 26 2008, 12:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
And I remember following the Viking mission as a child. No live coverage back then I think my two quickest streams of information were National Geographic and hardcover books. But by Pioneer Venus I'd started to make use of the small-town newspaper. And after Voyager at Jupiter, Science News. Galileo's arrival was when I joined the world of "real time". Seems like we're at the end of that evolution now. We could only cut seconds off. |
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May 26 2008, 12:40 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Someone please add a link to Emily's Ustream, can't get through to Planetary Society blog
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May 26 2008, 12:41 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
This is an unMANNINGspaceflight My mistake. An off-hand comment by Doug led me to think that Rob was part of the Phoenix EDL team, but maybe he was just part of a review panel. But Rob always has something interesting to say. >>I'm not giving Rob the questions till after Phoenix is away smile.gif >>I'm not going to get the blame if Phoenix has EDL issues |
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May 26 2008, 12:42 AM
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-------------------- Steve [ my home page and planetary maps page ]
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May 26 2008, 12:42 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Thanks!!
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May 26 2008, 12:47 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 |
Link to Emily's ustream, PM are live there
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May 26 2008, 12:53 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 1-August 06 From: Vienna, Austria Member No.: 1002 |
This is Emily's best ever - an informal press briefing, look how relaxed those guys are.
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May 26 2008, 12:53 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 |
Everything looks nominal. Only parachutte deployed 7 second late which support we'll have landed long.
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May 26 2008, 12:56 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 |
Venting HAS taken place !
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May 26 2008, 01:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
HI Emily!
Love those updates! |
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May 26 2008, 01:02 AM
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UMSF has been abandoned
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May 26 2008, 01:03 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 |
Not quite, Sir, not quite
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May 26 2008, 01:03 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
UMSF has been abandoned No, it hasn't, everyone's just flipping between about ten diff sites -------------------- |
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May 26 2008, 01:04 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 24-November 04 From: Heraklion, GR. Member No.: 112 |
Ustream was cool, thanks Emily !
I have to be at work in 4 hours ... mmm.. Should I stay or should I go ? (to sleep, that is) :-) |
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May 26 2008, 01:04 AM
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Trying to catch the comments in mission control.... Parachute deploy 7 seconds late.... they were a little long on landing... helium venting was succwessful... that is what I have gotten so far.... Craig |
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May 26 2008, 01:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
Are there any GOOD streaming sites (any commentary or LIVE interviews ) the more windows I got open the better!
I got 5 open now! |
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May 26 2008, 01:08 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 |
They've retreived data and they are processing BUT I didn't get what they are talking about
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May 26 2008, 01:11 AM
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May 26 2008, 01:18 AM
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everyone's just flipping between about ten diff sites The s:n ratio - or rather the signal:troll/griefer ratio - here, vs ustream, vs IRC was interesting. -------------------- --
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May 26 2008, 01:21 AM
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When is MRO likely to return the image obtained during the descent? I guess it's not really a high priority right now?
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May 26 2008, 01:23 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 |
Emily said MRO will attempt to get a picture of Phoenix tomorrow! We should have one on friday if not succesfull. Whoua
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May 26 2008, 01:23 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 1354 |
Does anyone know if NASA TV/PAO is switching over to surface operations at UA?
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May 26 2008, 01:25 AM
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UH OH... that nervousness is starting to return... lets hope all the POST landing events have been completed successfully.
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May 26 2008, 01:32 AM
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NASA TV Live coverage is back
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May 26 2008, 01:32 AM
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Nasa TV starting up again - but they can't have pics yet.
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May 26 2008, 01:35 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: 19-March 05 From: Princeton, NJ, USA Member No.: 212 |
Peter Smith is on Live now on NASA TV
he is talking surface operations "They are ready to go. We will analyze from surface down to ice layer"" First few hours are all preprogrammed. We willl take pictures of solar arrays first. they lander foot . then lander horizon" New Data/Images expected in a few minutes |
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May 26 2008, 01:37 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: 12-November 06 Member No.: 1354 |
Looks like they are going to cover surface ops from EDL/JPL. At least for the first pictures which is all PAO will cover.
Hopefully UA will do as good as or better job than the MER folks have done. |
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May 26 2008, 01:38 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
Did anyone catch the preliminary lat/lon they just said on NasaTV?
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May 26 2008, 01:41 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 |
I wondering whether Rui survive the landing! He's nowhere to be seen.
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May 26 2008, 01:42 AM
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Did anyone catch the preliminary lat/lon they just said on NasaTV? Spaceflight Now is reporting "68.22 degrees latitude and 234.3 degrees longitude". |
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May 26 2008, 01:42 AM
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The landing point appears to be 68.22 degrees latitude and 234.3 degrees longitude.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/phoenix/status.html |
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May 26 2008, 01:44 AM
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Waiting downlink
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May 26 2008, 01:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
I wondering whether Rui survive the landing! He's nowhere to be seen. Finally hugged the wrong guy. -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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May 26 2008, 01:49 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 82 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Portugal Member No.: 445 |
Odissey is transmiting data
Maybe Rui had a few SuperBock too many |
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May 26 2008, 01:50 AM
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WOW I've never seen this many people here before! What a great night! I was actually with my family during landing 'cuz we were having a birthday party. I was watching live on the science channel when at T-5 minutes to landing my grandma was like "ok time for cake! *clicks TV off*" I was like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!". I don't think I've ever ran for the TV remote so fast in my life!
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May 26 2008, 01:53 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Power positive so the solar arrays appear to have deployed!
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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1st picture down. solar array deployed !!
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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PICTURE!!!!!!!
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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Did I see a solar panel image?
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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Wow, that's flat!
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The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
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May 26 2008, 01:55 AM
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Holy cow look at those pictures! Doug was right, (except for the small rocks)!!!
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May 26 2008, 01:56 AM
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I just saw a picture of the foot of the landing craft.
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May 26 2008, 01:56 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
"So few rocks" (as far as I can tell from the images on NASA TV).
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May 26 2008, 01:56 AM
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May 26 2008, 01:56 AM
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-------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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