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 Nov 26 2011, 03:50 PM
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Okay, we're off and running! Please post all comments relating to MSL's transit to Mars here.
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Nov 27 2011, 04:04 AM
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OK - I bet it actually finds the perigee by looking backwards along its escape hyperbola, and naturally that would intersect the earth at some point. Got it, I think!
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Nov 27 2011, 04:49 AM
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The separation video was just awesome, although I did not know the back side of the cruise stage was covered with solar panels, so I was a bit unsure of what exactly I was looking at, but it looked fantastic.
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Nov 27 2011, 05:59 AM
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Nov 26 2011, 08:49 PM)  The separation video was just awesome, although I did not know the back side of the cruise stage was covered with solar panels, so I was a bit unsure of what exactly I was looking at, but it looked fantastic. It sure did. Although, I was hoping for a bit more live feed from the onboard cameras during the flight ... oh well. |
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nprev MSL Cruise Phase Nov 26 2011, 03:50 PM
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The live footage of the first couple of kilomete... Nov 26 2011, 03:52 PM climber Oppy, here I come !
Waiting for post launch co... Nov 26 2011, 04:07 PM
Oersted QUOTE (climber @ Nov 26 2011, 05:07 PM) O... Nov 26 2011, 04:34 PM climber QUOTE (Oersted @ Nov 26 2011, 05:34 PM) W... Nov 26 2011, 04:48 PM nprev Yeah, that was indeed a beautiful sight to behold,... Nov 26 2011, 04:08 PM vikingmars ... and we just had champagne at home near Paris t... Nov 26 2011, 04:14 PM DEChengst They just started showing the title card for the p... Nov 26 2011, 05:34 PM sgendreau EDIT2: Not much news.
No news is good news for ... Nov 26 2011, 06:01 PM dmg Anyone know why the telemetry pickup from the laun... Nov 26 2011, 07:07 PM MarsEngineer No news is good news indeed!
We are watching... Nov 26 2011, 09:51 PM Pando QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Nov 26 2011, 02:51 ... Nov 26 2011, 11:16 PM Oersted QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Nov 26 2011, 10:51 ... Nov 27 2011, 12:20 AM climber Tanks Rob, I was browsing like mad to get any news... Nov 26 2011, 10:11 PM MERovingian Bravo to all the teams involved, JPL, ULA, NASA, K... Nov 26 2011, 10:52 PM nprev Rob, thanks very much for taking the trouble durin... Nov 27 2011, 12:01 AM Explorer1 Actually the last EDL was in 2008 with the Phoenix... Nov 27 2011, 12:01 AM Oersted I uploaded footage of the launch and spacecraft se... Nov 27 2011, 12:44 AM Syrinx Thank you sir for the videos. I was unable to wat... Nov 27 2011, 02:02 AM tanjent I'm having some trouble with "data dropou... Nov 27 2011, 03:34 AM kwan3217 (Full inline quote removed- Mod)
The apogee for a... Nov 27 2011, 02:23 PM scalbers QUOTE (kwan3217 @ Nov 27 2011, 03:23 PM) ... Nov 27 2011, 04:08 PM kwan3217 (Full inline quote removed- Mod)
The guys at JPL ... Nov 28 2011, 08:58 PM john_s I was watching those numbers too. The apogee shou... Nov 27 2011, 03:54 AM tanjent Well, the altitude should be directly observable b... Nov 27 2011, 02:50 PM Astro0 A little late to the party I guess. My weekend was... Nov 27 2011, 10:05 PM MarsEngineer QUOTE (Astro0 @ Nov 27 2011, 02:05 PM) A ... Nov 28 2011, 12:36 AM Oersted Oh, a rainbow to boot! Lovely panorama and tha... Nov 27 2011, 10:30 PM MarsEngineer Hi all,
Please take a look at the observations ma... Nov 28 2011, 12:54 AM nprev ...words utterly fail me. Just remarkable.
Many t... Nov 28 2011, 12:59 AM eoincampbell WOW! Thanks for sharing another "Heimdall... Nov 28 2011, 03:05 AM tanjent Quote: http://www.facebook.com/BrisbanePlanetarium... Nov 28 2011, 08:36 AM Oersted That is an amazing timelapse!
http://www.yout... Nov 28 2011, 01:12 PM Oersted On my youtube page of MSL launch movies I am getti... Nov 28 2011, 03:10 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Oersted @ Nov 28 2011, 07:10 AM) ... Nov 28 2011, 03:57 PM Roby72 Here you could see Curiosity 10 hours 30 minutes a... Nov 28 2011, 09:51 PM Bobby Question? Is there a site either through JPL or a... Nov 29 2011, 12:40 AM punkboi http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
MSL's position sho... Nov 29 2011, 12:49 AM Astro0 As usual, Eyes on the Solar System can take us all... Nov 30 2011, 04:12 AM Explorer1 Is the cruise stage's spin in real-time?
Great... Nov 30 2011, 05:57 AM MahFL Don't forget, the whole Rover is spinning....l... Nov 30 2011, 12:08 PM MahFL I am not sure how accurate the model is but it loo... Nov 30 2011, 12:13 PM ilbasso Should we bring her back for repairs? Nov 30 2011, 12:18 PM MahFL I just read that the hand lens imager can take pic... Nov 30 2011, 01:52 PM eoincampbell QUOTE (MahFL @ Nov 30 2011, 05:52 AM) ...... Nov 30 2011, 04:19 PM Deimos http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/MAHL... Nov 30 2011, 04:50 PM pospa Also VERY cool would be any MAHLI picture from ins... Nov 30 2011, 02:22 PM climber You can even dream of a shot of Spacecraft separat... Nov 30 2011, 03:05 PM ElkGroveDan The next images we'll see from MSL will likely... Nov 30 2011, 03:46 PM djellison QUOTE (pospa @ Nov 30 2011, 06:22 AM) Als... Nov 30 2011, 04:40 PM MarsEngineer QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 30 2011, 08:40 AM)... Nov 30 2011, 04:57 PM john_s I love the idea of the rover doing an "arms-l... Nov 30 2011, 05:21 PM djellison It took all the way until working on the MSL anima... Nov 30 2011, 05:23 PM climber I noticed on a previous video that legs extended a... Nov 30 2011, 06:18 PM djellison Actually - the descent stage thrusters do start be... Nov 30 2011, 07:25 PM john_s That "hard drop", with the rover falling... Nov 30 2011, 07:38 PM climber I read, where?, that, as soon as released, Curiosi... Nov 30 2011, 07:53 PM Ron Hobbs From what I thought was a very informative article... Nov 30 2011, 08:17 PM djellison Ron - as far as I know, that article has it about ... Nov 30 2011, 10:33 PM MahFL Well I should have known better the tragectory man... Dec 1 2011, 12:23 AM Syrinx http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/...11201... Dec 2 2011, 07:42 AM stevesliva Seems to be regurgitating the same source:
http://... Dec 2 2011, 07:56 AM MahFL The Eyes on the Solar System make my IE 8 crash af... Dec 2 2011, 03:10 PM djellison QUOTE (MahFL @ Dec 2 2011, 07:10 AM) The ... Dec 2 2011, 06:52 PM B Bernatchez No problems for me (that wouldn't be fixed by ... Dec 2 2011, 05:42 PM Mars Attack I'm a bit concerned about the reported reset o... Dec 4 2011, 02:57 PM stevesliva QUOTE (Mars Attack @ Dec 4 2011, 10:57 AM... Dec 4 2011, 04:55 PM Mars Attack QUOTE (stevesliva @ Dec 4 2011, 04:55 PM)... Dec 4 2011, 05:20 PM Paolo QUOTE (Mars Attack @ Dec 4 2011, 03:57 PM... Dec 4 2011, 07:04 PM ElkGroveDan There is extra fuel aboard and my understanding is... Dec 4 2011, 03:42 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Dec 4 2011, 10:42 AM... Dec 4 2011, 07:18 PM Hiwayman Sorry for this being posted in the wrong forum, bu... Dec 4 2011, 03:56 PM Oersted QUOTE (Hiwayman @ Dec 4 2011, 04:56 PM) S... Dec 4 2011, 08:43 PM elakdawalla Someone else pointed this out to me on the Atlas f... Dec 4 2011, 04:19 PM Hiwayman QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 4 2011, 09:19 AM... Dec 4 2011, 04:28 PM climber QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 4 2011, 05:19 PM... Dec 4 2011, 06:52 PM djellison From http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/201... Dec 4 2011, 08:23 PM nprev Yeah, it really was a sweet launch...and major kud... Dec 4 2011, 08:49 PM Mars Attack Mr. Doug Djellison, any chance that you could expa... Dec 4 2011, 11:00 PM djellison We hope to - but it's entirely a matter of bud... Dec 4 2011, 11:12 PM climber QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 5 2011, 12:12 AM) ... Dec 5 2011, 11:38 AM punkboi You can now view MSL's current position in spa... Dec 7 2011, 05:57 AM Syrinx http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?t...=1... Dec 7 2011, 07:56 AM Lucas For the impatient among us...
http://space.jpl... Dec 7 2011, 02:56 PM pospa T +18 days - MSL has about 9% of its cruise done a... Dec 14 2011, 02:32 PM punkboi Where is Curiosity now? There's now a dedicate... Dec 14 2011, 10:27 PM Lunik9 New sunspot 1387 erupted during the late hours of ... Dec 26 2011, 09:28 AM Explorer1 How large would an event have to be to seriously i... Dec 26 2011, 11:40 PM centsworth_II According to Curiosity and the Solar Storm, CMEs p... Dec 27 2011, 08:05 AM pospa TCM-1 scheduled for Jan 11th, dv 5,5 m/s.
Then eq... Jan 6 2012, 11:03 PM pospa TCM-1 completed successfully.
Rob Manning describ... Jan 13 2012, 10:01 AM Phil Stooke "By the time a CME reaches the Earth-Mars exp... Jan 13 2012, 12:12 PM climber According to AW&ST next trajectory correction ... Jan 31 2012, 06:53 PM pospa Not sure if mentioned here before, but radio amate... Feb 6 2012, 09:53 AM MahFL Software fix for Star Tracker problem.
Tracker Feb 10 2012, 01:37 PM Mars Attack The computer that received the software fix, is i... Mar 1 2012, 03:36 PM MahFL QUOTE (Mars Attack @ Mar 1 2012, 03:36 PM... Mar 2 2012, 12:20 AM |
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