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post Jul 31 2012, 12:59 PM
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It's gettin' near that time. smile.gif

Please post all comments regarding the last portion of Curiosity's voyage to Gale Crater here; thanks!


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- nprev   MSL EDL   Jul 31 2012, 12:59 PM
- - Drkskywxlt   Definitely...Mars is getting awfully big in the wi...   Aug 6 2012, 04:51 AM
- - dvandorn   So, we don't expect to start getting bent-pipe...   Aug 6 2012, 04:51 AM
- - lyford   Over 10000 mph now according to eyes....   Aug 6 2012, 04:51 AM
|- - Big Joe   Go on peanuts!   Aug 6 2012, 05:00 AM
- - lyford   They're passing out the peanouts   Aug 6 2012, 05:00 AM
- - nprev   DEPLOY PEANUTS!!!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:01 AM
- - Oersted   I know this suggestion comes a bit late and I don...   Aug 6 2012, 05:02 AM
- - Explorer1   Cruise stage should have separated by now, we...   Aug 6 2012, 05:03 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 5 2012, 09:03 PM) ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:05 AM
- - lyford   Rob (MarsEngineer) is talking to Gaye now on he c...   Aug 6 2012, 05:05 AM
- - lyford   Odyssey status "for the slew, things look goo...   Aug 6 2012, 05:08 AM
- - Explorer1   Thanks, Dan. Must have mixed something up. Odysse...   Aug 6 2012, 05:08 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 6 2012, 07:08 AM) ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:11 AM
- - Drkskywxlt   Odyssey maneuver successful!   Aug 6 2012, 05:08 AM
- - Tesheiner   Morning all from here in Spain. Just started my se...   Aug 6 2012, 05:10 AM
- - lyford   Mars is getting big in the window!   Aug 6 2012, 05:11 AM
- - Explorer1   Yes that's what I figured, so I subtracted 14 ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:12 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Just woke up at 5 am in my time zone to follow eve...   Aug 6 2012, 05:12 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Watching from Victoria BC - best landing coverage ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:13 AM
- - gpurcell   No kidding, Phil. The visualization is astonishin...   Aug 6 2012, 05:14 AM
- - lyford   tones about to come down   Aug 6 2012, 05:14 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   We have separation!   Aug 6 2012, 05:15 AM
- - nprev   Cruise stage sep.   Aug 6 2012, 05:16 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Cruise stage separation, the first big 'change...   Aug 6 2012, 05:16 AM
- - Explorer1   There goes the ballast!   Aug 6 2012, 05:19 AM
- - Explorer1   It's all over now in 'real time'; now ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:21 AM
- - CosmicRocker   This Eyes application is astounding.   Aug 6 2012, 05:21 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Here we go into "Seven minutes of terror....   Aug 6 2012, 05:21 AM
- - PDP8E   Rob Manning guiding us through EDL on NASA TV (tha...   Aug 6 2012, 05:21 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Interestingly, Curiosity is now already on Mars...   Aug 6 2012, 05:22 AM
|- - Big Joe   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Aug 6 2012, 12:22 ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:23 AM
- - Explorer1   MRO above the horizon, recording...   Aug 6 2012, 05:22 AM
- - Drkskywxlt   Everyone in Mission Control looks twitchy...   Aug 6 2012, 05:23 AM
- - TheChemist   Here 's to a safe landing on Mars today !   Aug 6 2012, 05:23 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   EOTSS seems to be a bit out of sync..a minute or t...   Aug 6 2012, 05:24 AM
|- - craigmcg   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 6 2012, 01:24 AM...   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 6 2012, 07:24 AM...   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
- - Explorer1   I'm a couple secs behind the stream myself.   Aug 6 2012, 05:25 AM
- - lyford   "vehicle reports entry infterface"   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Things starting to happen really fast now...   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
- - Oersted   Slowing down!   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
- - lyford   started guided entry   Aug 6 2012, 05:26 AM
- - Tesheiner   Entry Interface. Hold your breath!   Aug 6 2012, 05:27 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Data from Odyssey!   Aug 6 2012, 05:27 AM
- - Explorer1   More ballast gone! Look out below!   Aug 6 2012, 05:29 AM
- - Drkskywxlt   Chute!   Aug 6 2012, 05:30 AM
- - lyford   chute deploy   Aug 6 2012, 05:30 AM
- - craigmcg   Dashboard on display!   Aug 6 2012, 05:30 AM
- - Tesheiner   Powered descent should start in seconds...   Aug 6 2012, 05:31 AM
- - Explorer1   Powered flight!   Aug 6 2012, 05:32 AM
- - Phil Stooke   40 m! Phil   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Skycrane!   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
- - Drkskywxlt   Skycrane starting! Touchdown!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   DOWN!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
- - Tesheiner   YEAH!!!!! TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED...   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   LANDING!!!!!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:33 AM
|- - ugordan   !!!!!!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Pando   TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Eluchil   Touchdown confirmed! Good job Rob et al.   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - chris   Yes!   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - nprev   W O W! ! !   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Phew!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Graham   We're down!!!!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - PDP8E   We are safe on Mars....!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Oersted   Crying with joy here.   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Decepticon   WoW!!!!!!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Rube Goldberg has been vindicated!   Aug 6 2012, 05:34 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Images coming down!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - lyford   pictures?!?!?! OMFG   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - PDP8E   Images coming down ... thumbnails   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   HOLY COW thumbnails already!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - nprev   Thumbnails down!!!!   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - Explorer1   THere it is! Looks just like MER hazcams!   Aug 6 2012, 05:35 AM
- - lyford   "wheels down on mars!!!"   Aug 6 2012, 05:36 AM
- - Nix   big phew here too   Aug 6 2012, 05:36 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Argghhh, didn't hit 'Print Screen' fas...   Aug 6 2012, 05:36 AM
- - Graham   It's a wheel   Aug 6 2012, 05:36 AM
- - Gladstoner   Nice view of the sunset.   Aug 6 2012, 05:36 AM
- - jekbradbury   "Keep watching the screen! There's mo...   Aug 6 2012, 05:37 AM
|- - Big Joe   QUOTE (jekbradbury @ Aug 6 2012, 12:37 AM...   Aug 6 2012, 05:37 AM
- - dvandorn   It's a thumbnail from a hazcam, but we have a ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:37 AM
- - PDP8E   1st thumbnail is 64x64 rear hazcam... waiting for ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:37 AM
- - Pando   First image!   Aug 6 2012, 05:37 AM
- - kwan3217   I told you it would work!   Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   OK Phil Stooke, take those images and tell us wher...   Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Quick screen grab: Edit: The first full size im...   Aug 6 2012, 05:39 AM
- - gpurcell   I love seeing that shadowed silhouette of MSL.   Aug 6 2012, 05:40 AM
- - Leither   Truly fantastic - look at that shadow. Looking for...   Aug 6 2012, 05:41 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Interestingly, the surface seems much less rocky t...   Aug 6 2012, 05:43 AM
- - nprev   I am in awe. Finally got the tears out of my eyes....   Aug 6 2012, 05:46 AM
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