Mars Perseverance Rover landing 02/18/2021

[Brockrock]

Big day tomorrow folks. The Mars Perseverance Rover that launched 07/30/2020 is scheduled to land upon the surface of Mars, and as mentioned in previous threads, there is a small UAV attached to this Rover (Ingenuity) marking what will hopefully be the first test of powered flight on another planet. Follow along tomorrow at mars.nasa.gov

 

[marnat3]

The first thing that came to mind is "Did I remember to remove the gimbal cover".
Sorry, I will be keeping up with the landing.

 

[Jay241]

Landing should be around 1554PM EST today.

 

[Brockrock]

For those interested, NASA has a podcast called 'Houston We Have a Podcast'. In the latest episode (approx 45 mins) they discuss the entry, descent, and landing phases of the rover which is a 7 minute phase of this mission that will occur today.

 

[Brockrock]

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/ep182_mars_perseverance_landring.mp3

 

[Repaid1]

Landing should be around 1554PM EST today.

Landing??? Well one hopes so...but if anything else it will be much earlier I will be glued to the ole' YouTube...Hey wait I wonder if it will be on my "Nasa" channel on my TV lineup?

Edit: Yes...yes it is Thanks, Hulu TV

 

[MA2 317]

I will be glued to the ole' YouTube.

Me too. ?‍?

 

[Repaid1]

Me too. ?‍?

Well quite a nail biter......but she is down and working so far.

 

[Chip]

Well quite a nail biter......but she is down and working so far.

That was great to watch! Amazing and inspiring to see all those people working together to pull off such a complicated mission. I guess we will find out about that gimbal cover shortly!

 

[Barbara]

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Awesome video from the rover during the landing.