MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8 |
MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8 |
Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
No images yet but the raw images page is intriguing:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=0 -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
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Aug 6 2012, 05:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 221 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 217 |
Well done Nasa and JPL, Rob and Paolo and thanks. Everything looks brilliant. I'm looking forward to the next few years here at Unmannedspaceflight.com my favourite site on the web.
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Aug 6 2012, 05:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 242 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 127 |
Rob, felt a lot more controlled than Pathfinder or the MERs.
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Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 16-January 09 Member No.: 4545 |
Cracked a tear, cracked a beer and cracked a god awful cheer...MSL your down there with MER...one of the best moments in my life unbelievable!
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Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Thanks for checking in Rob. It seems to get better every time.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 6 2012, 06:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1465 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Columbus OH USA Member No.: 13 |
In the poll, seems like I head someone mention the lat/lon--anyone catch that?
The reported touchdown velocities were amazing--almost no horizontal velocity. The vehicle is tilted only 4 degrees. Masterful job as usual. -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
\o/
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Viva software libre! |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:07 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1414 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
UMSF went down a bit. :C
Congratulations to JPL!! YAY! -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM
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Lord Of The Uranian Rings Group: Members Posts: 798 Joined: 18-July 05 From: Plymouth, UK Member No.: 437 |
I awoke to this most fantastic of news! Well done to EVERYBODY involved!
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Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 27-April 05 Member No.: 365 |
In the poll, seems like I head someone mention the lat/lon--anyone catch that? The reported touchdown velocities were amazing--almost no horizontal velocity. The vehicle is tilted only 4 degrees. Masterful job as usual. They listed some precise lat/lon but I was to dull to think to write it down - I'm sure someone did, though. |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:16 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 17-March 05 Member No.: 206 |
Good thing they were forward thinking and had those dust overs on the cameras; it looks like a fair amount of dust was kicked up. BTW AMAZING LANDING!
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Aug 6 2012, 06:18 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2073 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Now to see what Hirise caught....
And MARDI... And the other cameras... Oh man... |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
Rob and folks, you make this stuff look easy. Congratulations!
Looking at the trafickability maps modified by Tesh for Google Earth (Mars) with the reported touchdown co-ordinates -4.591817 137.440247. Looks nice and flat. -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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