Author Topic: LIVE: MSL Curiosity Rover ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDING - Aug 5-6, 2012  (Read 275436 times)

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  MSL Curiosity
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Now that the image has leaked out, we can post it too... MRO captures #MSL pic.twitter.com/zK7iTCjX

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  MSL Curiosity
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Now that the image has leaked out, we can post it too... MRO captures #MSL pic.twitter.com/zK7iTCjX

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It's real. The official MSL Twitter account just tweeted it a few minutes ago too.

Just to be clear - that is NOT the official twitter account - its from spaceflight101. The official twitter account has not posted it.

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

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Nice recap video with animation interspersed to kick off the noon presser!

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I dunno, I'm still skeptical. The image is just too perfect.

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I dunno, I'm still skeptical. The image is just too perfect.

It was just explained how the picture was taken, how it was zoomed, etc. No need for skepticism when it's covered in the presser. (Unless you think she was lying?)

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I dunno, I'm still skeptical. The image is just too perfect.

It was just explained how the picture was taken, how it was zoomed, etc. No need for skepticism when it's covered in the presser. (Unless you think she was lying?)

Sorry, I missed the presser.

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Lander module was told to go to the north, no idea where it landed though. If HiRISE takes an image that would be the only way they can find it.

They will be taking images of landing site (maybe in the next day but that would be a little hazy.) Best images 6- and 12-days from now, and in those images they can probably find where other components landing.

The picture above is 33cm/pixel.

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The "blotch" artifact in image could be landing component, could be dust devil, but it's just one image so not really sure.

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The "blotch" artifact in image could be landing component, could be dust devil, but it's just one image so not really sure.

Two images, actually, both the left and the right eye show it.

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Lander module was told to go to the north, no idea where it landed though. If HiRISE takes an image that would be the only way they can find it.

They will be taking images of landing site (maybe in the next day but that would be a little hazy.) Best images 6- and 12-days from now, and in those images they can probably find where other components landing.

The picture above is 33cm/pixel.
A hair over a foot a pixel... I wonder if the original units where English and this is the translation, that or someone said 1/3 of a meter. 
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140kg of fuel was left over. Touchdown speed reported by spacecraft was .75m/s which was intended velocity. But will take more analysis to get true velocity.

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A hair over a foot a pixel... I wonder if the original units where English and this is the translation, that or someone said 1/3 of a meter. 

The distance to the spacecraft was quoted to 3 digits and the HiRISE angular resolution is known so I'd guess that's the actual number.

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I think she's American too ;)

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Front hazcam image should be down in a few hours (1130am PDT.) Trickle down thumbnails from descent imager.

B&W panoramas coming tomorrow, one color image from the microscope in two days.

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If they do find impact craters, they will try to avoid due to hydrazine. If they come across they will take a look, but will not go there intentionally. That's why they flew it north because they didn't plan on exploring north.

If they can find ballast that might be another story, but those are pretty far down the track.

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High gain deploy is in about 12 hours.

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I dunno, I'm still skeptical. The image is just too perfect.

Too perfect to be real? Are we still talking about Mars? :)

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I dunno, I'm still skeptical. The image is just too perfect.

Too perfect to be real? Are we still talking about Mars? :)

The entire event is kind of surreal but apparently that image is true. NASA has it on their home page.

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https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity/status/232510435440603136

Eye in the Sky: MRO's @HiRISE camera caught this shot of me & my parachute during landing at Mars #MSL http://twitpic.com/ag8j1w
« Last Edit: 08/06/2012 04:59 pm by TheFallen »

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From the presser (late getting to it):

Science instruments are still being tested.

MRO to be used to image rover, to provide updated traverse paths (in case of new dust hazards, ect).

The relay satellites can easily handle the data handling of both rovers since they are in two completely different sites

Q: What will be in the first color image? A: I don't know, but we can find out. Hopefully Mount Sharp & Crater Rim

Q: The team is working on the Mars 90 Sols & why?
A: For the team to be efficient to work on a real Mars day. 400 scientists on the mission & 300 engineers. We need to get to know each other really well and know the systems. Essentially immersion training (like a foreign language).

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