Perseverance Touches Down on Mars

[Pann]

NASA has successfully landed the Perseverance lander on Mars.

Fantastic achievement!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56119931

[cubby]

NASA has successfully landed the Perseverance lander on Mars.

Fantastic achievement!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56119931

That helicopter drone is brilliant. Can't wait to see footage from it.

[Dezerte]

That's good to hear. I was so worried something would go wrong with the landing, and I can only imagine how worried the people working on this must have been.

[Nerraw]

Watching these things never get easier. And this mission especially has so much riding on it, with it being the prerequisite of both the Sample Return mission and testing MOXIE to convert CO2 to O2.

[Pann]

If anyone is interested you can rerun a simulation of the landing here: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/mars2020/...1:25.492+01:00

[Edge-]

I can’t wait until they release the footage next week!

Already have the first images -



But real tho, we've got a few first images already - https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/st...07436611956736

[Edge-]

Yeah, but they had cameras actually filming the landing. They guy in charge of the footage said he’d have stuff for the public in about a week.

Gotta scrub those secret US bases on Mars from the footage before they can release it : |

But real, I'm looking forward to the actual video.

[Zan15]

umm will it be in color or is that the color ?

[Jonnusthegreat]

Isn't there a Chinese probe landing sometime soon too? These are exciting times.

[Nerraw]

umm will it be in color or is that the color ?

Those are from the engineering cameras. There's another 19 cameras on the rover, and 2 on the helicopter. You'll get full color pictures soon enough!

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Isn't there a Chinese probe landing sometime soon too? These are exciting times.

It's in orbit right now. Lander is scheduled to descend in May or June.

[Azadina]

Those are from the engineering cameras. There's another 19 cameras on the rover, and 2 on the helicopter. You'll get full color pictures soon enough!

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It's in orbit right now. Lander is scheduled to descend in May or June.

Any explanation for the ignorant on why does it hang in orbit for months?

[Pann]

Already have the first images -



But real tho, we've got a few first images already - https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/st...07436611956736

Matt Damon's really let himself go!

[Nerraw]

Any explanation for the ignorant on why does it hang in orbit for months?

For the exact reasion, who knows? It's China after all, there's only so much they share. But it is just a part of the overall mission. It's currently attached to the scientific orbiter probe. I would assume it's hanging on there until they move that into a favorable orbit that allows for landing under their parameters. Getting into an actual orbit first before landing does provide the benefit of not coming screaming into the atmosphere at almost 20000 km/h, so the heat shield won't be facing as much of a task as Perseverance's did.

[Edge-]

Matt Damon's really let himself go!

Poop potato diets aren't conducive to a healthy living.

[Nerraw]

Descent captured from orbit: https://twitter.com/nextspaceflight/...26055476649984

Rover hanging from the skycrane ~2 meters above the ground: https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/st...25908344786944

[Lanrefni]

Any explanation for the ignorant on why does it hang in orbit for months?

I think they're getting detailed images of the landing area and trying to determine the safest spot to aim for.

[Pann]

There's 4k footage of the video above ^^^ on NASA's Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czj...ature=emb_logo

It is seriously impressive stuff! Although it was a little disappointing that there is no sound from the descent.

[cubby]

NASA has successfully landed the Perseverance lander on Mars.

Fantastic achievement!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56119931

I just watched the video feed and frankly, it's amazing. Getting "live" video from the descending craft, and then the dual video of the sky crane - amazing.

[Dezerte]

Here's a panorama:

[formerShandalay]

That is just so great to see that and to hear the relief and joy in the voice once it's successful. Beautiful.