MSL Curiosity Lands Safely in Gale Crater, Landing and Commissioning Activity Period 1A, sols 0-8 |
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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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No images yet but the raw images page is intriguing:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?s=0 -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Aug 6 2012, 05:56 AM
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-------------------- To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre. -Giordano Bruno, 1584.
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Aug 6 2012, 05:58 AM
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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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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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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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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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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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Here is a quicky 3x of the front hazcam
I think we are pointed due east... -------------------- CLA CLL
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Aug 6 2012, 06:06 AM
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\o/
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Viva software libre! |
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Aug 6 2012, 06:07 AM
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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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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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QUOTE (jmknapp @ Aug 6 2012, 01:04 AM)  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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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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Now to see what Hirise caught....
And MARDI... And the other cameras... Oh man... -------------------- To a body of infinite size there can be ascribed neither centre nor boundary... Thus the Earth no more than any other world is at the centre. -Giordano Bruno, 1584.
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Aug 6 2012, 06:20 AM
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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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