The Space Thread

[johnola]

If you get time ahead of tomorrow evening I recommend watching this hour long press conference about the mission including the edl. Starts about 90 seconds in for some reason... Covers a lot of ground.

 

[markysimmo]

My kids names are etched on silicon chips on Peserverance, them and 11m others !!
Still a cool thing for them to be able to tell their teachers at school

 

[markysimmo]

 

[markysimmo]

 

[SteveAWOL]

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/10022/what-are-nasas-lucky-peanuts/

🥜Look our for Nasa's peanuts later
-'Good luck peanuts' made their 1st appearance at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1964 during the Ranger 7 mission-They had 6 failures prior to this effort
-Ranger 7 performed flawlessly & they've had them ever sincehttps://t.co/bT66RnqWRu pic.twitter.com/icwjdpOtjj

— Laura Tobin. (@Lauratobin1) February 18, 2021

 

[markysimmo]

20 mins !!!

 

[markysimmo]

Says its 2 hours still

 

[Notmegov]

Says its 2 hours still

8:45 landing.

Borning NASA bird currently.

 

[markysimmo]

The signal is delayed by 11 mins too so we won't know until 8.56pm whether it has worked

 

[Diamond Lights]

will it be on any channels on the box? or online only?

 

[markysimmo]

will it be on any channels on the box? or online only?

Might be on some of the news channels

 

[markysimmo]

This is a good watch a long too

 

[markysimmo]

A historic moment
To land it on the exact spot they wanted is absolutely amazing

 

[Rorschach]

Amazing

 

[markysimmo]

And another look behind me. Welcome to Jezero Crater. #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/dbU3dhm6VZ

— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 18, 2021

 

[johnola]

Man is going mars and beyond.

All of this seems inevitable on days like today.

 

[johnola]

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/10022/what-are-nasas-lucky-peanuts/

🥜Look our for Nasa's peanuts later
-'Good luck peanuts' made their 1st appearance at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1964 during the Ranger 7 mission-They had 6 failures prior to this effort
-Ranger 7 performed flawlessly & they've had them ever sincehttps://t.co/bT66RnqWRu pic.twitter.com/icwjdpOtjj

— Laura Tobin. (@Lauratobin1) February 18, 2021

I saw the peanuts.

 

[Bullet]

Ooh, some dusty rocks. Again. Be still my beating heart.

 

[Kandi1977]

New picture taken today

 

[markysimmo]

"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."@NASAPersevere #mars2021 pic.twitter.com/kbqLLnKph9

— Eter🧬 (@Eterr_) February 19, 2021