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MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8
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post Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
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We are DOWN, ladies and gentlemen...we are down!!!!

This is the place to talk about it.

Congratulations to the MSL team!!!!!!!!


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- nprev   MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater   Aug 6 2012, 05:38 AM
- - dvandorn   Based on a single 256-pixel hazcam, I can see that...   Aug 6 2012, 05:42 AM
- - Explorer1   No dunes, like Emily said. Easy driving ahead!   Aug 6 2012, 05:45 AM
|- - Big Joe   Quick grab   Aug 6 2012, 05:46 AM
|- - MahFL   It all happened so quickly, parachute, then almost...   Aug 6 2012, 05:52 AM
- - MichaelT   Fantastic success to land the rover safely! Fa...   Aug 6 2012, 05:49 AM
- - MarsEngineer   So folks. What do ya think??? -Rob PS my heart i...   Aug 6 2012, 05:49 AM
|- - Silmfeanor   QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 07:49 A...   Aug 6 2012, 05:52 AM
|- - Zeke4ther   QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 01:49 A...   Aug 6 2012, 06:48 AM
- - Phil Stooke   Not too shabby! Should be good for a hundred ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM
- - belleraphon1   SIX MORE WHEELS ON THE GROUND!!!! ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM
- - Explorer1   I'm drenched... utterly drenched; how about th...   Aug 6 2012, 05:51 AM
- - Burmese   When can we expect the images to get posted the wa...   Aug 6 2012, 05:53 AM
- - craigmcg   Awesome! Awesome!   Aug 6 2012, 05:54 AM
|- - Nix   we think AMAZING Rob !!!!!...   Aug 6 2012, 05:55 AM
- - nprev   I think you guys are steely-eyed missilemen, and y...   Aug 6 2012, 05:54 AM
- - jamescanvin   No images yet but the raw images page is intriguin...   Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM
- - Explorer1   Raws here (down of course): http://mars.jpl.nasa....   Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM
- - Reckless   Well done Nasa and JPL, Rob and Paolo and thanks. ...   Aug 6 2012, 05:58 AM
- - gpurcell   Rob, felt a lot more controlled than Pathfinder or...   Aug 6 2012, 05:59 AM
- - Barry   Cracked a tear, cracked a beer and cracked a god a...   Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Thanks for checking in Rob. It seems to get bette...   Aug 6 2012, 06:02 AM
- - jmknapp   In the poll, seems like I head someone mention the...   Aug 6 2012, 06:04 AM
|- - Burmese   QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 6 2012, 01:04 AM) In...   Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM
- - PDP8E   Here is a quicky 3x of the front hazcam I think...   Aug 6 2012, 06:05 AM
- - imipak   \o/   Aug 6 2012, 06:06 AM
- - Hungry4info   UMSF went down a bit. :C Congratulations to JPL...   Aug 6 2012, 06:07 AM
- - Ian R   I awoke to this most fantastic of news! Well d...   Aug 6 2012, 06:11 AM
- - Chmee   Good thing they were forward thinking and had thos...   Aug 6 2012, 06:16 AM
- - Explorer1   Now to see what Hirise caught.... And MARDI... And...   Aug 6 2012, 06:18 AM
|- - Tom Tamlyn   Choking up over my good-luck peanuts and some beer...   Aug 6 2012, 06:27 AM
- - akuo   Rob and folks, you make this stuff look easy. Cong...   Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM
|- - jmknapp   QUOTE (akuo @ Aug 6 2012, 01:20 AM) Rob a...   Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM
|- - Chmee   So a little down range from center, but realy exce...   Aug 6 2012, 06:38 AM
- - fredk   Those rocks look small, but then again we're h...   Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 6 2012, 02:20 AM) Thos...   Aug 6 2012, 07:58 AM
- - Barry   Cheers to Australia....   Aug 6 2012, 06:22 AM
- - Fred B   Man, the web is slow right now... here are deep li...   Aug 6 2012, 06:29 AM
|- - Big Joe   QUOTE (Fred B @ Aug 6 2012, 01:29 AM) Man...   Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM
- - lyford   Party like it's 2004 all over again!   Aug 6 2012, 06:29 AM
- - Pando   This is just insane. First image down and it's...   Aug 6 2012, 06:31 AM
|- - ustrax   day was rising here as we knew Curiosity had succe...   Aug 6 2012, 06:39 AM
|- - volcanopele   QUOTE (ustrax @ Aug 5 2012, 11:39 PM) emo...   Aug 6 2012, 06:44 AM
- - helvick   Admin Notice: UMSF is getting a wee bit more traf...   Aug 6 2012, 06:33 AM
|- - SFJCody   Congrats to the MSL team and everyone at JPL from ...   Aug 6 2012, 06:44 AM
- - Bjorn Jonsson   Looks like a nice, smooth landing site where drivi...   Aug 6 2012, 06:36 AM
- - Stu   "Flat"? I'll say... Note: that...   Aug 6 2012, 06:37 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Just spotted Emily at the press conference.   Aug 6 2012, 06:38 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Aug 6 2012, 07:49 A...   Aug 6 2012, 06:45 AM
- - fredk   Time for some of us to get to work! Here...   Aug 6 2012, 06:49 AM
|- - Nix   I've been looking at it too as many of us I am...   Aug 6 2012, 06:54 AM
|- - Tesheiner   It would be an extremely low probability coinciden...   Aug 6 2012, 06:59 AM
- - helvick   Admin Notice: Just another FYI - we've tempor...   Aug 6 2012, 06:50 AM
- - Explorer1   Could be on the dust cover; we'll see soon eno...   Aug 6 2012, 06:55 AM
- - Tesheiner   Did I heard correctly a reference to UMSF on the b...   Aug 6 2012, 07:02 AM
- - Explorer1   Namedropped us! get ready admins!   Aug 6 2012, 07:03 AM
- - Burmese   Yes, and they deferred on the coords for the momen...   Aug 6 2012, 07:03 AM
- - Lightning   What a honnor for this forum ! oO   Aug 6 2012, 07:04 AM
|- - Nix   I do think I heard Adam talk about the forum too h...   Aug 6 2012, 07:08 AM
- - Hungry4info   UMSF totally just got a plug on NASA TV.   Aug 6 2012, 07:06 AM
- - Harder   What a rollercoaster of a ride down to the surface...   Aug 6 2012, 07:06 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   The reporter for Irish Television said someone her...   Aug 6 2012, 07:09 AM
|- - walfy   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 5 2012, 11:09 PM...   Aug 6 2012, 07:17 AM
- - Hungry4info   UMSF totally just got a plug on NASA TV.   Aug 6 2012, 07:10 AM
- - nprev   Yeah, we did. Therefore, let's be sure to ...   Aug 6 2012, 07:15 AM
- - Explorer1   And a plug for Oppy; well deserved applause.   Aug 6 2012, 07:15 AM
|- - SFJCody   I've said this before and I'll say it agai...   Aug 6 2012, 07:19 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   Nick, pick up those newspapers in the living room....   Aug 6 2012, 07:17 AM
- - Oersted   What a thrill! Here's a pic of my daughte...   Aug 6 2012, 07:20 AM
- - akuo   Since we got the plug I probably should mention th...   Aug 6 2012, 07:22 AM
- - Eluchil   With regards to the reported touchdown coordinates...   Aug 6 2012, 07:25 AM
- - imipak   There's a recording of the EDL broadcast at ht...   Aug 6 2012, 07:26 AM
- - Lightning   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Aug 6 2012, 09:19 AM) I...   Aug 6 2012, 07:27 AM
- - Burmese   Do we know what Image data Curiosity will be attem...   Aug 6 2012, 07:28 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Burmese @ Aug 6 2012, 08:28 AM) Do...   Aug 6 2012, 07:34 AM
|- - Nix   QUOTE (Burmese @ Aug 6 2012, 09:28 AM) Do...   Aug 6 2012, 07:35 AM
- - Explorer1   What about Exomars? Four and six years away; not t...   Aug 6 2012, 07:30 AM
- - nprev   Okay. Thanks, Akuo. In the interests of picking u...   Aug 6 2012, 07:34 AM
- - Tesheiner   If I heard correctly, the next set of images shoul...   Aug 6 2012, 07:40 AM
- - Oersted   But they'll be better quality hazcam images, b...   Aug 6 2012, 07:40 AM
|- - Explorer1   Will they literally fall to the ground, or will th...   Aug 6 2012, 07:42 AM
|- - Skyrunner   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 6 2012, 09:42 AM) ...   Aug 6 2012, 07:46 AM
- - helvick   A quick health check on the call out we got from L...   Aug 6 2012, 07:42 AM
- - Hungry4info   From the animation they showed the other day, the ...   Aug 6 2012, 07:44 AM
- - Stu   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Aug 6 2012, 08:44 AM...   Aug 6 2012, 07:47 AM
- - nprev   So apparently the cruise/EDL team just handed off ...   Aug 6 2012, 07:49 AM
- - Stu   Yeah, Nick, I love this very human side of space e...   Aug 6 2012, 07:51 AM
- - Oersted   Thumbnails: 64x64 pixels. First pics down after l...   Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM
|- - Nix   a mountain!   Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM
- - nprev   Right on. I don't think that any purer, more n...   Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM
- - Tesheiner   Images coming in. See the hills on the background.   Aug 6 2012, 07:53 AM
- - nprev   Do I see blueberries again??? Is this a hematite-r...   Aug 6 2012, 07:55 AM
- - Explorer1   That must be the crater rim, since the sun is sett...   Aug 6 2012, 07:59 AM
- - elakdawalla   Can somebody here try to compare the images from t...   Aug 6 2012, 07:59 AM
|- - walfy   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Aug 5 2012, 11:59 PM...   Aug 6 2012, 08:06 AM
- - Nix   Given the distortion of the Hazcams and the proxim...   Aug 6 2012, 08:00 AM
|- - ugordan   Front hazcam showed the rover shadow so it was fac...   Aug 6 2012, 08:05 AM
- - Nix   That rim appears higher than I had expected !   Aug 6 2012, 08:04 AM
- - Oersted   It's the rim and it looks spectacular, even on...   Aug 6 2012, 08:04 AM
- - nprev   How do we know that it's the rim? Do we have a...   Aug 6 2012, 08:07 AM
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