Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars Thrusday

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gcode

February 16, 2021, 11:51 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
QuoteJust before 4PM ET on February 18 (this Thursday), NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars. Like its predecessor Curiosity, which has been exploring Mars since 2012, Perseverance is a semi-autonomous mobile science platform the size of a small car. It's designed to spend years roving the red planet, looking for (among other things) any evidence of microbial life that may have thrived on Mars in the past.

This mission to Mars is arguably the most ambitious one ever launched, combining technically complex science objectives with borderline craziness that includes the launching of a small helicopter. Over the next two days, we'll be taking an in-depth look at both that helicopter and how Perseverance will be leveraging autonomy to explore farther and faster that ever before, but for now, we'll quickly go through all the basics about the Perseverance mission to bring you up to speed on everything that will happen later this week.


https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-perseverance-rover-landing-on-mars-overview">//https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/aerospace/robotic-exploration/nasa-perseverance-rover-landing-on-mars-overview

Matthew Hajicek

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February 16, 2021, 12:39 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Watch it as it happens:

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mowens

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February 16, 2021, 01:57 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
One of our subsidiaries in Maine built the heat shielding for that. We are encouraged to watch.
"I would gladly risk feeling bad at times if it also meant that I could taste my dessert." - Data

Festus

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February 16, 2021, 02:34 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I'll be watching!

gcode

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February 16, 2021, 07:11 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Mars in 4K
https://laughingsquid.com/4k-mars-rover-footage/">https://laughingsquid.com/4k-mars-rover-footage/

Very cool

Festus

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February 17, 2021, 09:31 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: gcode post_id=6915 time=1613531463 user_id=60Mars in 4K
https://laughingsquid.com/4k-mars-rover-footage/">https://laughingsquid.com/4k-mars-rover-footage/

Very cool


it is cool...thanks for the link

Matthew Hajicek

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February 18, 2021, 11:48 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
About an hour to go now.

gcode

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February 18, 2021, 12:51 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
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Matthew Hajicek

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February 18, 2021, 12:54 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Executing G00 Z0.

Matthew Hajicek

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February 18, 2021, 12:56 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Touchdown!

RobertELee

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February 18, 2021, 12:57 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!   :cheer:

Incogneeto

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February 18, 2021, 03:09 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Quote from: RobertELee post_id=7059 time=1613681861 user_id=55TOUCHDOWN!!!!!   :cheer:


I Bet The Kansas City Chiefs are Jealous!! :lol:

Del.

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February 18, 2021, 04:07 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Awesome.

Jeff

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February 22, 2021, 06:08 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
I watched it a few hours after it aired, and had to shut it off near the end when they had to do the obligatory speech about unity and shit.
Not sure if it's the same video as linked above though.

Aside from that I'm excited to see what pictures will be coming in the next few weeks.

marshal

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February 22, 2021, 07:04 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00 PM by Guest
Here's the site they put the raw images on as they get them: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/">https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

Looks like everything on there so far is from the hazard cams by the wheels.  I believe they're going to be showing off video from the descent today at 1pm central.
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