• Curiosity - Touchdown Confirmed!
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[TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/MSBqHR.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/WEpv42.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][video=youtube;Ti_yre6dsa4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti_yre6dsa4[/video][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/WEpv42.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 700, align: center"] [TR] [TD]With its rover named Curiosity, Mars Science Laboratory mission is part of [URL="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/"]NASA's Mars Exploration Program[/URL], a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. Curiosity was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms called microbes. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." [TABLE="width: 720, align: center"] [TR] [TD][B]Mars Science Laboratory will study Mars' habitability[/B] To find out, the rover will carry the biggest, most advanced suite of instruments for [URL="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/science/"]scientific studies[/URL] ever sent to the martian surface. The rover will analyze samples scooped from the soil and drilled from rocks. The record of the planet's climate and geology is essentially "written in the rocks and soil" -- in their formation, structure, and chemical composition. The rover's onboard laboratory will study rocks, soils, and the local geologic setting in order to detect chemical building blocks of life (e.g., forms of carbon) on Mars and will assess what the martian environment was like in the past. [TABLE="class: outer_border, width: 200, align: center"] [TR] [TD][B]Launch:[/B] [SUP]7:02 a.m. PST, Nov. 26, 2011 (10:02 a.m. EST) [/SUP] [B]Launch Vehicle:[/B] [SUP]United Launch Alliance, Atlas V [/SUP] [B]Landing:[/B] [SUP]10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 5, 2012 (1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6, 2012) [/SUP][B]Mission Fact Sheet[/B] [SUP][URL="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/pdfs/MSL_Fact_Sheet.pdf"]Mission Fact Sheet[/URL] (PDF, 768 KB) [/SUP] [B]Watch the landing:[/B] [SUP][URL="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/"]Curiosity's Landing[/URL][/SUP][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/jfmTAu.png[/IMG][/TD] [TD][B]Mars Science Laboratory relies on innovative technologies[/B] Mars Science Laboratory will rely on new [URL="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/technology/"]technological innovations[/URL], especially for landing. The spacecraft will descend on a parachute and then, during the final seconds prior to landing, lower the upright rover on a tether to the surface, much like a sky crane. Once on the surface, the rover will be able to roll over obstacles up to 75 centimeters (29 inches) high and travel up to 90 meters (295 feet) per hour. On average, the rover is expected to travel about 30 meters (98 feet) per hour, based on power levels, slippage, steepness of the terrain, visibility, and other variables. The rover will carry a radioisotope power system that generates electricity from the heat of plutonium's radioactive decay. This power source gives the mission an operating lifespan on Mars' surface of a full martian year (687 Earth days) or more, while also providing significantly greater mobility and operational flexibility, enhanced science payload capability, and exploration of a much larger range of latitudes and altitudes than was possible on previous missions to Mars. Arriving at Mars at 10:31 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5, 2012 (1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, 2012), Mars Science Laboratory will serve as an entrée to the next decade of Mars exploration. It represents a huge step in Mars surface science and exploration capability because it will: [TABLE="width: 10"] [TR] [TD]■[/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 300"] [TR] [TD]Demonstrate the ability to land a very large, heavy rover to the surface of Mars (which could be used for a future Mars Sample Return mission that would collect rocks and soils and send them back to Earth for laboratory analysis).[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 10"] [TR] [TD]■[/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 300"] [TR] [TD]Demonstrate the ability to land more precisely in a 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) landing circle.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 10"] [TR] [TD]■[/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 300"] [TR] [TD]Demonstrate long-range mobility on the surface of the red planet (5-20 kilometers or about 3 to 12 miles) for the collection of more diverse samples and studies.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/ORr50T.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Geological Diversity at Curiosity's Landing Site[/B] The area where NASA's Curiosity rover will land on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT) has a geological diversity that scientists are eager to investigate, as seen in this false-color map based on data from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. The image was obtained by Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System. It merges topographical data with thermal inertia data that record the ability of the surface to hold onto heat. The yellow oval shows the elliptical landing target for Curiosity's landing site. An alluvial fan is visible around a crater to the northwest of the landing area. A series of undulating lines traveling southeast from the crater indicates similar material moving down a slope. The material, which appears bluish-green in this image, also forms a fan shape. An area in red indicates a surface material that is more tightly cemented together than rocks around it and likely has a high concentration of minerals. An attractive interpretation for this texture is that water could have been present there some time in the past. Curiosity is expected to land within the large Gale Crater. The rim of a smaller crater (about a half mile, or 1 kilometer, in diameter) inside of Gale is visible at the bottom right of the image. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. [I][SUP]Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU[/SUP][/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/WEpv42.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 50, align: center"] [TR] [TD][URL="http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/msl/edl.xml"][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/1DLDoR.png[/IMG][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][URL="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html"][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/vWfYEz.png[/IMG][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/WEpv42.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 300, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/4Pwx9W.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 1100, align: center"] [TR] [TD][SUB][B][B]08.05.12[/B][/B][/SUB][/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 1000, align: left"] [TR] [TD][B]Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report [/B] [SUP][SUB][B]PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is healthy and right on course for a landing in several hours that will be one of the most difficult feats of robotic exploration ever attempted.[/B][/SUB][/SUP] [SUP]Emotions are strong in the control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as the hours and miles race toward touchdown of the car-size Curiosity at about 10:31 p.m. PDT tonight (about 1:31 a.m. Aug. 6, EDT). "Excitement is building while the team is diligently monitoring the spacecraft," said Mission Manager Brian Portock of JPL. "It's natural to get anxious before a big event, but we believe we are very well prepared." Descent from the top of Mars' atmosphere to the surface will employ bold techniques enabling use of a smaller target area and heavier landed payload than were possible for any previous Mars mission. These innovations, if successful, will place a well-equipped mobile laboratory into a locale especially well-suited for this mission of discovery. The same innovations advance NASA toward capabilities needed for human missions to Mars. Controllers decided Sunday morning to forgo the sixth and last opportunity on the mission calendar for a course-correction maneuver. The spacecraft is headed for its target entry point at the top of Mars' atmosphere precisely enough without that maneuver. Later today, mission controllers will choose whether or not to use a last opportunity for updating onboard information the spacecraft will use during its autonomous control of the entry, descent and landing. Parameters on a motion tracker were adjusted Saturday for fine-tuning determination of the spacecraft's orientation during the descent. At the critical moment of Curiosity's touchdown, controllers and the rest of the world will be relying on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to provide immediate confirmation of a successful landing. Odyssey will turn to point in the right direction beforehand to listen to Curiosity during the landing. If for any reason that turn maneuver does not work, a successful landing cannot be confirmed until more than two hours later. The landing will end a 36-week flight from Earth and begin at two-year prime mission on Mars. Researchers will use Curiosity's 10 science instruments to investigate whether Martian environmental conditions have ever been favorable for microbial life. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington.[/SUP] [SUP][I]Guy Webster/D.C. Agle 818-354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.[/I][/SUP][/TD] [TD][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/673356main1_communicating-673.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] [I][SUB]This artist's still shows how NASA's Curiosity rover will communicate with Earth during landing. As the rover descends to the surface of Mars, it will send out two different types of data: basic radio-frequency tones that go directly to Earth (pink dashes) and more complex UHF radio data (blue circles) that require relaying by orbiters. NASA's Odyssey orbiter will pick up the UHF signal and relay it immediately back to Earth, while NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will record the UHF data and play it back to Earth at a later time. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech[/SUB][/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 1100, align: center"] [TR] [TD][SUB][B][B]08.05.12[/B][/B][/SUB][/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 800, align: left"] [TR] [TD][B]NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain[/B] [B][SUP][SUB]PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation. [/SUB][/SUP][/B][SUP]The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft that carried Curiosity succeeded in every step of the most complex landing ever attempted on Mars, including the final severing of the bridle cords and flyaway maneuver of the rocket backpack.[/SUP] [SUP]"Today, the wheels of Curiosity have begun to blaze the trail for human footprints on Mars. Curiosity, the most sophisticated rover ever built, is now on the surface of the Red Planet, where it will seek to answer age-old questions about whether life ever existed on Mars -- or if the planet can sustain life in the future," said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. "This is an amazing achievement, made possible by a team of scientists and engineers from around the world and led by the extraordinary men and women of NASA and our Jet Propulsion Laboratory. President Obama has laid out a bold vision for sending humans to Mars in the mid-2030's, and today's landing marks a significant step toward achieving this goal." Curiosity landed at 10:32 p.m. Aug. 5, PDT, (1:32 a.m. EDT Aug. 6) near the foot of a mountain three miles tall and 96 miles in diameter inside Gale Crater. During a nearly two-year prime mission, the rover will investigate whether the region ever offered conditions favorable for microbial life. "The Seven Minutes of Terror has turned into the Seven Minutes of Triumph," said NASA Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld. "My immense joy in the success of this mission is matched only by overwhelming pride I feel for the women and men of the mission's team." Curiosity returned its first view of Mars, a wide-angle scene of rocky ground near the front of the rover. More images are anticipated in the next several days as the mission blends observations of the landing site with activities to configure the rover for work and check the performance of its instruments and mechanisms. "Our Curiosity is talking to us from the surface of Mars," said MSL Project Manager Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "The landing takes us past the most hazardous moments for this project, and begins a new and exciting mission to pursue its scientific objectives." Confirmation of Curiosity's successful landing came in communications relayed by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and received by the Canberra, Australia, antenna station of NASA's Deep Space Network. Curiosity carries 10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the science payloads on the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Some of the tools are the first of their kind on Mars, such as a laser-firing instrument for checking elemental composition of rocks from a distance. The rover will use a drill and scoop at the end of its robotic arm to gather soil and powdered samples of rock interiors, then sieve and parcel out these samples into analytical laboratory instruments inside the rover. To handle this science toolkit, Curiosity is twice as long and five times as heavy as Spirit or Opportunity. The Gale Crater landing site places the rover within driving distance of layers of the crater's interior mountain. Observations from orbit have identified clay and sulfate minerals in the lower layers, indicating a wet history. The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at JPL. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.[/SUP] [SUP][I]Guy Webster / D.C. Agle 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726 NASA Headquarters, Washington[/I][/SUP][/TD] [TD][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/673476main_msl3-226.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] [I][SUP]This is one the first image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars the evening of Aug. 5 PDT (morning of Aug. 6 EDT). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech[/SUP][/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 1100, align: center"] [TR] [TD][SUB][B][B]08.17.12[/B][/B][/SUB][/TD] [TD][TABLE="width: 800, align: left"] [TR] [TD][B][B]NASA Curiosity Team Pinpoints Site for First Drive[/B][/B] [B][SUP][SUB]PASADENA, Calif. -- The scientists and engineers of NASA's Curiosity rover mission have selected the first driving destination for their one-ton, six-wheeled mobile Mars laboratory. The target area, named Glenelg, is a natural intersection of three kinds of terrain. The choice was described by Curiosity Project Scientist John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology during a media teleconference on Aug. 17.[/SUB][/SUP][/B] [SUP]"With such a great landing spot in Gale Crater, we literally had every degree of the compass to choose from for our first drive," Grotzinger said. "We had a bunch of strong contenders. It is the kind of dilemma planetary scientists dream of, but you can only go one place for the first drilling for a rock sample on Mars. That first drilling will be a huge moment in the history of Mars exploration." The trek to Glenelg will send the rover 1,300 feet (400 meters) east-southeast of its landing site. One of the three types of terrain intersecting at Glenelg is layered bedrock, which is attractive as the first drilling target. "We're about ready to load our new destination into our GPS and head out onto the open road," Grotzinger said. "Our challenge is there is no GPS on Mars, so we have a roomful of rover-driver engineers providing our turn-by-turn navigation for us." Prior to the rover's trip to Glenelg, the team in charge of Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera instrument, or ChemCam, is planning to give their mast-mounted, rock-zapping laser and telescope combination a thorough checkout. [B]On Saturday night, Aug. 18, ChemCam is expected to "zap" its first rock in the name of planetary science.[/B] It will be the first time such a powerful laser has been used on the surface of another world. "Rock N165 looks like your typical Mars rock, about three inches wide. It's about 10 feet away," said Roger Wiens, principal investigator of the ChemCam instrument from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. "We are going to hit it with 14 millijoules of energy 30 times in 10 seconds. It is not only going to be an excellent test of our system, it should be pretty cool too." Mission engineers are devoting more time to planning the first roll of Curiosity. In the coming days, the rover will exercise each of its four steerable (front and back) wheels, turning each of them side-to-side before ending up with each wheel pointing straight ahead. On a later day, the rover will drive forward about one rover-length (10 feet, or 3 meters), turn 90 degrees, and then kick into reverse for about 7 feet (2 meters). "There will be a lot of important firsts that will be taking place for Curiosity over the next few weeks, but the first motion of its wheels, the first time our roving laboratory on Mars does some actual roving, that will be something special," said Michael Watkins, mission manager for Curiosity from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 10:31:45 p.m. PDT on Aug. 5 (1:31:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6), which included the 13.8 minutes needed for confirmation of the touchdown to be radioed to Earth at the speed of light.[/SUP] [I][SUP]Guy Webster/D.C. Agle 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Steve Cole 202-358-0918 NASA Headquarters, Washington [/SUP][/I][/TD] [TD][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/677867main_curiosity_chemcam_360.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] [I][SUP]Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech [/SUP][/I][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 500, align: center"] [TR] [TD][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/WEpv42.png[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 200, align: center"] [TR] [TD][QUOTE]This is a work in progress![/QUOTE][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Can't wait
It will be glorious
Yay
I love space!
Fuck I remember seeing it being lifted off in november and now it's gonna land soon. Time flies.
Awesome thread farmatyr! Now lets just hope the landing goes as planned, it would really be a huge setback if something went wrong.
Well this is exciting! Been taking these screenshots since the day before yesterday: [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/maers.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl3.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl4.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl5.png[/img] [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl6.png[/img] Will be truly exciting when to see it land, can't wait! [editline]5th August 2012[/editline] And a picture of the launch again, just because it is awesome: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Atlas_V_541_into_the_flight.png/668px-Atlas_V_541_into_the_flight.png[/img]
Ahh, I remember the launch. Felt pretty good to see it go off, and away. Really anxious for the landing though, 8 months of waiting and years of work could crash into Mars :/
[QUOTE=brainmaster;37089778]Ahh, I remember the launch. Felt pretty good to see it go off, and away. Really anxious for the landing though, 8 months of waiting and years of work could crash into Mars :/[/QUOTE] Yeah, and not to mention that this is their first time trying this skycrane method. But I believe in them. Man this will be soawesome
Here's the press conference, enjoy. [video=youtube;7yB9-oMj2ew]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yB9-oMj2ew[/video]
I can't wait till it lands.
Live pre-landing briefing right now: [url]http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl[/url]
12 hours 47 minutes 52 seconds! [editline]5th August 2012[/editline] I have no doubts that Curiosity is gonna kill the landing.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;37091728]12 hours 47 minutes 52 seconds! [editline]5th August 2012[/editline] I have no doubts that Curiosity is gonna kill the landing.[/QUOTE]or be Killed during landing lol
[QUOTE]E NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE! 6:44 NASAJPL2: We'll have live chat, too 6:44 ustreamer-830114: [url]http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-you-should-be-excited-about-mars-today_p2/[/url] 6:44 ustreamer-112898: Wow an acheivement for all humankind.. ( Tampa, FL ) 6:44 asaron: Good Luck from Russia! 6:44 ustreamer-755165: good luck from the USA... oh wait 6:44 ustreamer-534959: good luck!!! 6:44 ustreamer-678814: Good luck Curiosity! 6:44 ustreamer-534494: Good Luck From Charlotte NC USA 6:44 ustreamer-277251: Everything will be alright Curiosity. LOVE from MOnterrey, Mexico. 6:45 ustreamer-430951: Waiting in Port Hardy BC Canada .. Good Luck! 6:45 ustreamer-513489: Good luck from Germany !!! 6:45 ustreamer-016948: good luck from Taiwan, but I am in the US XD 6:45 NASA-TV1: [url]https://www.facebook.com/pages/NASA-TV-and-SpaceFlight-Now/230616807015333[/url] 6:45 ustreamer-631542: psyched 6:45 carrc7100: good luck from great britain 6:45 ustreamer-230864: Good luck from Scandinavia, we're all following! 6:45 ustreamer-461992: THIS IS FAKE YOU MORONS!!! 6:45 ustreamer-154316: Couldn't get tickets to planetfest, but I'll be watching you all from the overflow event! 6:45 ustreamer-638262: Good luck from Greece! 6:45 DanBrennan: Good Luck from Alpha Centauri B 6:45 ustreamer-466495: good luck from sweden! 6:45 ustreamer-042524: Montreal, Canada wishes you luck! 6:45 ustreamer-792891: Very Exciting! Can't wait to hear from the rover safely on the surface! 6:45 ustreamer-939043: Good luck from Mars 6:45 Daidalos: Good luck from Athens, Greece 6:45 ustreamer-923361: Go Curiosity! 6:45 ustreamer-330559: Go Science! 6:45 ustreamer-356018: Good luck from Valentinhaft, Austria. 6:45 ustreamer-979235: good luck from Egypt :) 6:45 ustreamer-172863: I'm staggered that there is such little media coverage... There was all kinds of coverage for the Higgs last month, and this is far more understandable, and probably equally important... 6:45 ustreamer-263125: good luck from germany 6:45 ustreamer-000068: hope the ppl of mars welcome the robot 6:45 ustreamer-059792: whens the landing? today? 6:45 PlayBeat: Good luck from dj PlayBeat !!!! 6:45 ustreamer-824879: good luck from chicago 6:45 ustreamer-147171: go go go curiosity 6:46 ustreamer-091112: I don't know. The guy with caps lock sounds more reliable than these scientists do. 6:46 ustreamer-087749: Good Luck from South Carolina, USA 6:46 ustreamer-427323: Good luck from South Africa! 6:46 ustreamer-393597: Good luck Curiousty ! 6:46 ustreamer-514266: Mars rocks! Lol. 6:46 ustreamer-755508: Indigo told that Mars is hostile planet 6:46 ustreamer-643063: It is so exciting, I'm wet ! 6:46 ustreamer-275162: FAR from Germany wishes good luck for EDL! 6:46 ustreamer-020631: Great job guys, GO CURIOSITY! Good luck from Uruguay! 6:46 ustreamer-947258: I hope it lands safely and does it's work 6:46 ustreamer-731963: Good luck from c-base space station! 6:46 ustreamer-068262: Good Luck from WEST TEXAS 6:46 ustreamer-422990: Good luck from Maine 6:46 ustreamer-678814: Good luck from SPAIN, BARCELONA. Go go go go! 6:46 ustreamer-277251: Everything will be alright, Cusiority. LOVE from MOnterrey, Mexico. 6:46 megami323-1: good luck from Turkey!! :) 6:46 ustreamer-605903: ARE THERE ROCKERS ON MARS ? 6:46 ustreamer-194035: Good luck from Oregon! 6:46 ustreamer-186305: Cannot wait for New Horizons! 6:46 ustreamer-444038: Good Luck from Las Vegas 6:46 ustreamer-624860: good luck from Parma (Italy) 6:46 ustreamer-461992: THIS IS FAKE YOU MORONS!!! 6:46 ustreamer-834516: good luck from 6:46 ustreamer-241007: good luck from germany 6:46 ustreamer-500641: godspeed! and safe landing! from argentina!! 6:46 ustreamer-041973: Yesterday I dowload a game about Landing Curiosity for Kinekt is amazing ^^ 6:46 bmorosco: What time east coast? 6:46 ustreamer-075051: Good luck Curiosity! From Hungary 6:46 ustreamer-001905: Good luck from Germany :-) 6:46 ustreamer-143630: Good luck from Sudbury Canada!! Thanks for being such an inspiration! 6:46 ustreamer-302728: good luck 6:46 ustreamer-194495: Good luck Curiosity!! Cheers form PORTUGAL 6:46 ustreamer-443874: I DONT BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE WE DIDNT LAND ON THE MOON, IT WAS A HOAX, AND WE AINT LANDING ON MARS, IT WILL A COVER UP AS USUAL 6:46 ustreamer-130982: Buena suerte Curiosity desde Puerto Rico!! 6:46 ustreamer-892140: Good luck from Frederick, MD!! Go Curiousity! 6:46 ustreamer-755165: OBAMA CUT NASA BECAUSE HE HATES AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS! 6:46 ustreamer-112898: To go this far and land, amaxing,, that's the power of human kind ! 6:46 ustreamer-531614: Good luck, wonder where Dr Steve Squyres is? 6:46 ustreamer-101880: l 6:46 ustreamer-924182: Stop goodlucking! 6:47 ustreamer-070400: party on 6:47 ustreamer-834134: holaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 6:47 rossadahl: what are the casino odds of this actually working? 6:47 StudioB27: yeah.. tune in now 6:47 ustreamer-658273: Thumbs up from Poland! 6:47 ustreamer-081211: GOOD LUCK :) 6:47 ustreamer-542230: Best of luck from nearby Anaheim Hills! 6:47 ustreamer-817460: Did they put weapons on rover this time? Martians can be pretty nasty. 6:47 ustreamer-879258: God Speed...from Malaysia~ 6:47 fhrmac: God is from Mars 6:47 ocwebmaster867: ustreamer-755165 GO AWAY WITH YOUR NEGATIVE ATTITUDE 6:47 ustreamer-689953: Good lucking from Spain 6:47 ustreamer-393597: Good luck from SINGAPORE !!!!! 6:47 ustreamer-387124: Good luck from Brazil 6:47 ustreamer-045967: Soft touchdown! Good Luck from Romania 6:47 ustreamer-643063: Maaars !!! 6:47 ustreamer-263125: can all the "FAKE" idiots please shut up? i for one cant wait for the hot alien chicks! 6:47 ustreamer-449609: Go TeamGB London Olympics 2012 6:47 ustreamer-776180: BOLDLY GOING WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE...WAY TO GO NASA! 6:47 ustreamer-689945: May the man go beyond mars, best wishes to whole tea behind this..from INDIA 6:47 ustreamer-819302: Good Luck from Germany 6:47 valnangel02: How many miles per hour was it traveling? 6:47 ustreamer-514266: Godspeed Curiosity! From Cape Town. 6:47 ustreamer-580415: good ruck from china 6:47 ustreamer-427181: Good luck from Hong Kong 6:47 ustreamer-147171: good luck from slovenia =) 6:47 ustreamer-547946: makes sure the opera music is on this time.. 6:47 ustreamer-256563: Good luck from Austin, TX! 6:47 ustreamer-218574: Good luck 6:47 skydivergabriel: ignorance will kill human kind from this planet 6:47 ustreamer-226761: hey! I can see my house from here 6:47 ustreamer-230864: Best wishes from Norway! 6:47 ustreamer-436429: Who got here from Cracked? The only news source since 1958 6:47 hammerfet: Good luck fro 6:47 ustreamer-755508: Don't entry my home!!! (third crater from right) 6:47 ustreamer-878529: good luck from broadmeadows 6:47 ustreamer-907382: Good Luck from Sri Lanka 6:47 ustreamer-691966: Good luck Curiosity! Regards from Finland 6:47 ustreamer-475888: good luck from Austin, TX as well! 6:47 ustreamer-358409: Good luck guys! I'm waiting anxiously the descenting Curiosity photo, from MRO! Aristides Skourtopoulos, volunteer of the HiTranslate Project, HiRISE Program, In Limni Eboias, GREECE 6:47 ustreamer-538495: Just waitiing, barely, for the beep....gently does it NASA...softly, softly catchee monkey! 6:47 ustreamer-617686: good luck from GB 6:47 ustreamer-947258: All the best from Kashmir........... 6:47 ustreamer-194495: Portugal está a torcer por ti! Make us proud!! 6:47 ustreamer-191342: Cracked here, I'm not really an astrophile. 6:47 ustreamer-514338: Good Luck Cusrosity from Calgary. Will be watching and listening! 6:48 ustreamer-850705: Good luck from Orcas Island, WA 6:48 ustreamer-313573: Good luck from west Texas 6:48 korpsaw: Ignorance will not kill humankind, the loss of a magnetic system would though... 6:48 ustreamer-282542: a super birthday present for me# 6:48 ustreamer-003922: Cracked, yes. 6:48 ustreamer-917982: Good Luck from Alaska!! 6:48 ustreamer-675778: Best wishes from Hyderabad, India! 6:48 Martin_muldong: good luck from san deigo california!!! 6:48 ustreamer-420787: Hooray from Los Angeles! [/QUOTE] Loving this.
1:30 AM EST is the expected landing time 10:30 PM for you pacific folk. I will be staying up till 1:30 to get the live updates.
Thanks for this thread :) Nearly forgot about Curiosity!
One question; why does it take like two days to deploy the scientific instruments and the sensor mast as talked about [URL="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120803.html"]here[/URL]?(this is also a great read if you want to learn more about what its going to do in the days after landing)
[QUOTE=Disotrtion;37091862]1:30 AM EST is the expected landing time 10:30 PM for you pacific folk. I will be staying up till 1:30 to get the live updates.[/QUOTE] 0030 for Central. YES.
[QUOTE=Disotrtion;37091862]1:30 AM EST is the expected landing time 10:30 PM for you pacific folk. I will be staying up till 1:30 to get the live updates.[/QUOTE] Sweet, I can make this time. Thought it was going to be at 9pm EST during my work hours :o
5:30 AM GMT :saddowns:
Mars is getting bigger. [QUOTE][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/Okn6do.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/8xXvK.jpg[/img] Looks like Curiosity is going to explore an ancient riverbed. What if it finds an ancient reef structure? That would be the most significant discovery dare I say in mankind's history.
[img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2668640/msl8.png[/img] Really growing fast now.
[QUOTE=farmatyr;37093236]Mars is getting bigger. [QUOTE][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Okn6do.png[/img][/QUOTE][/QUOTE] Where can I view this? [b]Edit:[/b] [url=http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/msl/edl.xml]found it[/url] A+ for anti-aliasing but no anisotropic filtering 0/10 [url=http://fumaga.com/i/universal-serial-bus-literally.jpeg][IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24554595/Facepunch/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-05%20at%203.55.44%20PM.png[/IMG][/url] yes [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24554595/Facepunch/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-05%20at%203.57.48%20PM.png[/IMG] what is she doing in space she can't even breathe there
I got nasa tv on directv :3: I'm gonna watch the landing in ~hd~ tonight.
[QUOTE=Zero Vector;37093631]Where can I view this? [b]Edit:[/b] [url=http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/msl/edl.xml]found it[/url] A+ for anti-aliasing but no anisotropic filtering 0/10 [url=http://fumaga.com/i/universal-serial-bus-literally.jpeg][IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24554595/Facepunch/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-05%20at%203.55.44%20PM.png[/IMG][/url] yes [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/24554595/Facepunch/Screen%20Shot%202012-08-05%20at%203.57.48%20PM.png[/IMG] what is she doing in space she can't even breathe there[/QUOTE] How?
That video was intense. Can't wait.
I found this amazing video about Curiosity: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1coV7XqE1M&feature=player_embedded[/media]
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