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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Landing on Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 15 Feb, 2021
| Video Credit: NASA, JPL
Posted on 02/15/2021 3:45:15 PM PST by MtnClimber
(The 5-minute video at the link is excellent, I highly recommend watching it)
Explanation: Starting Thursday, there may be an amazing new robotic explorer on Mars. Or there may be a new pile of junk. It all likely depends on things going correctly in the minutes after the Mars 2020 mission arrives at its new home planet and attempts to deploy the Perseverance rover. Arguably the most sophisticated landing yet attempted on the red planet, consecutive precision events will involve a heat shield, a parachute, several rocket maneuvers, and the automatic operation of an unusual device called a Sky Crane. Thursday's Seven Minutes of Terror echo the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012, as depicted in the featured video. If successful, the car-sized Perseverance rover will rest on the surface of Mars, soon to begin exploring Jezero Crater to better determine the habitability of this seemingly barren world to life -- past, present, and future. Although multiple media outlets may cover this event, one way to watch these landing events unfold is on the NASA channel live on the web.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa
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To: MtnClimber
Pictured is the Mars Perseverance rover. The NASA APOD posting today is a video of the complex landing process. This is an EXCELLENT video at the link below the posting title.
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:45:53 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; Art in Idaho; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.
🪐 🌟 🌌
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:46:34 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Do those come with extended warranties?
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:47:51 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: MtnClimber
The cat is “most sophisticated”!
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:51:07 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: MtnClimber
I drank a can of Moxie cola in the ‘70s. The precursor to Jolt cola. Burp!
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:53:03 PM PST
by
W.
(Autocorrect must die!)
To: MtnClimber
MOXIE, SHERLOC, PIXL? Someone's been having some NASA
backronym meetings.
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posted on
02/15/2021 3:55:56 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
To: MtnClimber
Som3how th3 graphic at 0:21 that says “500,000 LINES OF COD3” do3sn’t inspir3 confidenc3...
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:00:27 PM PST
by
null and void
(We, MSM, decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, don't you dare call us Not-Sees)
To: MtnClimber
These guys where amazing pilots.
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:00:42 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: KarlInOhio
Thursday's schedule for the NASA Channel, Link near end of EXPLANATION at link:
Feb. 18, Thursday
12:30 p.m. -- Mars Landing day live stream for students (All Channels)
1 p.m. – Mars Rover Perseverance Landing Live Chat at the National Air and Space Museum (All Channels)
2:15 p.m. – Mars 2020 Perseverance landing coverage. Landing at approximately 3:55 p.m. (All Channels)
5:30 p.m. – Mars 2020 Perseverance post-landing coverage (All Channels)
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:02:22 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: KarlInOhio
Thursday's schedule for the NASA Channel, Link near end of EXPLANATION at link:
Feb. 18, Thursday
12:30 p.m. -- Mars Landing day live stream for students (All Channels)
1 p.m. – Mars Rover Perseverance Landing Live Chat at the National Air and Space Museum (All Channels)
2:15 p.m. – Mars 2020 Perseverance landing coverage. Landing at approximately 3:55 p.m. (All Channels)
5:30 p.m. – Mars 2020 Perseverance post-landing coverage (All Channels)
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:02:22 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: null and void
Som3how th3 graphic at 0:21 that says “500,000 LINES OF COD3” do3sn’t inspir3 confidenc3... The video is from the last Mars Rover landing 8 years ago. The photo I posted is of the new rover.
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:06:21 PM PST
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:07:01 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
To: MtnClimber
Aw, heck. It’s not all that complicated. I used to do that same basic thing with my little brother when he was 4 and I was 6. Sure, mom wasn’t all that impressed but our friends loved it.
To: MtnClimber
I set myself a reminder on my phone. I’ll try to watch it.
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:11:49 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Have you or a loved one fallen victim to Gorilla Glue as a hair product? It's not your fault! )
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
02/15/2021 4:37:51 PM PST
by
sauropod
(#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
To: MtnClimber
Nice rims.
I’ll bet they set em back two fifty each.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:00:59 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: Repeal The 17th
The cat is “most sophisticated”! For those who have not caught the occasional NASA humor in the "Explanation" of their posts, The hot link for the words “most sophisticated” is this photo:
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:09:59 PM PST
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MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Without telling anyone, we should have one barrel with a 12 Gauge slug and then one day, our robot tank blasts a track off the the Chinese We should robot. And an arm with a can of black Krylon and spray it on their lens so they don’t get our license plate number.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:12:07 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
To: MtnClimber
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02/15/2021 5:14:46 PM PST
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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