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NASA MARS InSight Mission - November 26, 2018 - Landing Status
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| 11/26/18
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Posted on 11/26/2018 11:41:57 AM PST by NormsRevenge
InSight in Position for Mars Landing November 26 at 10:30 AM PT
Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have completed the final adjustments for landing NASA's InSight spacecraft on Mars.
Atmospheric entry is expected around 11:47 a.m. PST (2:47 p.m. EST) and touchdown, about seven minutes later.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; insight; mars; nasa; resistyroll; science; spaceexploration; spacex
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To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
I hope they got that metric to imperial conversion worked out.
To: NormsRevenge
Are we there yet?............................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:45:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: NormsRevenge
InSight Landing Day Milestones
November 26, 2018
Step 1 | Cruise Stage Separation
Step 2 | Atmospheric Entry
Step 3 | Peak Heating
Step 4 | Peak Deceleration
Step 5 | Parachute Deployment
Step 6 | Heat Shield Separation
Step 7 | Leg Deployment
Step 8 | Radar Activation
Step 9 | Lander Separation
Step 10 | Touchdown!
*Expected Milestones
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:47:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: NormsRevenge
My remote camera is there...
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:49:07 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Radio sites have reported blackout in effect as lander is doing its descent.
Pinkies crossed.
craft now at 2000 meters per sec (mps). now 100 mps
standing by for parachute deploy at 400 mps or so..
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:51:45 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Parachute deployed...................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:52:19 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
100=1000
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parachute deployed, radar equipment on.
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:52:26 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Powered on.................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:52:45 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Looking for dirt..................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:53:20 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: NormsRevenge
Dirt found..........................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:53:40 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
heat shield off,, lander separation, radar has detected ground.
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:53:51 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: Red Badger
No actual video of the landing?
To: Red Badger
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:54:26 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
400m
300m
200m
60m
30m
TOUCHDOWN!...............................6 POINTS
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:54:41 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: NormsRevenge
GO FOR TWO!..................
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:55:12 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: Blue Highway
17 meters and then nothing? Then touchdown? I was waiting for 5 meter intervals, then 5..4..3..2..1.. touchdown. This seems phony as hell.
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/26/2018 11:55:26 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
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