Mars exploration rover coverage - NASA TV coverage schedule

NASA ^ | 01-24-2004 | NASA

[Phil V.]

 

January 24, Saturday

*5 - 9 a.m. - Live Interviews on the "Opportunity" Landing - JPL
*3 - 4 p.m. - Opportunity Landing Update - JPL
*5 - 6 p.m. MER Briefing - JPL
*7 - 8 p.m. - Briefing: "Fireside Chat" with Administrator O'Keefe and JPL Director Dr. Charles Elachi - JPL
*10:30 p.m. - Opportunity Mission Coverage and Commentary - JPL

January 25, Sunday 

*1:30 - 2:30 a.m. - Opportunity News Briefing - JPL
*2:45 - 3:30 a.m. - Commentary: Odyssey Pass - JPL 
*3:45 - 4:30 a.m. - Commentary: Opportunity - JPL
*5 - 6 a.m. - Opportunity News Briefing - JPL
*6:30 - 10:30 a.m. - Live Interviews on the "Opportunity" Landing - JPL
*1:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Commentary: Opportunity (mgs VHF Pass) - JPL
*4 - 5 p.m. - Briefing: Opportunity Odyssey Pass - JPL
*5:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Live Interviews - JPL
*9:30 p.m. - Commentary - JPL
 

[Phil V.]

If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me

[Brett66]

Are these times CST?

[jimkress]

So, the real time coverage of Spirit will be a black screen?

[Phil V.]

. . . Landing site . . .

[Phil V.]

NOTE: All times Eastern. All programs may be pre-empted without advance notice.

[blam]

Thanks. Keep me 'pinged' to the action that will begin tonight.

[sam_paine]

Shortly before noon, controllers were surprised to receive a relay of data from Spirit via the Mars Odyssey orbiter. Spirit sent 73 megabits at a rate of 128 kilobits per second. The transmission included power subsystem engineering data, no science data, and several frames of "fill data." Fill data are sets of intentionally random numbers that do not provide information.

Why don't they put the raw data on the web along with their decode tools like they did with the Telascience demos? It'd be nice if I could hack around on the received raw telemetry...not that I'd figure out anything before they did, but with all the hackers in the world working on it, something interesting might be discovered. It's not like there'd be some danger of a hacker transmitting somthing back to Spirit or anything.

[ChadGore]

I need a fellow FReeper to check my numbers, but I think I've got a pretty good idea on how far the bounces were for the Spirit lander.

1 meter = 39.37 inches.

American Football field, Endzone to endzone, = 4320 Inches
150 Meters = 5905
One American football field, endzone to endzone, is equal to .7315% of 150 meters

150 meters in the drawing = 374 pixels

374 pixels * .7315 = 273.58 pixels

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1) Soooooo, placing bounce number 1 right on the fieldgoal, at about the same place players take the "Lambeau Leap".

2) The second bounce was right on the 50 yard line, midfield

3) The third bounce was just inside of field goal range, on about the 25 yard line.

4) The 4th bounce would be just inside the left goal post in the back other endzone.

kewl, eh ?

[Steve Van Doorn]

Personally I believe some component(s) froze and don’t want the public to find out first.

[Jackie]

What about a dust particle or two gumming up the works?

Phil V., we stayed up almost all night watching Spirit and can't wait for tonight's big show.

[Phil V.]

JACKIE!

Spirit's landing was so nearly perfect that I'm afraid that it will be impossible to top the excitement and the precision tonight . . . fingers crossed . . . . fingers crossed . . . . fingers crossed . . . . fingers crossed . . . . fingers crossed . . . . fingers crossed . . .

[Dog]

That is so cool. I heard someone say yesterday they are going to try and get a shot of the Rover as it explores Mars....from overhead.

Cool!

[Howlin]

I'm confused. Are there two live threads?

[Dog]

That is what I was wondering..

[Phil V.]

NO!
Bones' is da party place

[Phil V.]

Please leave this thread and return to the live party thread HERE

[Howlin]

Phil, will you put your graphics over there......they are way kewl!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I wish the major media outlets would give this the coverage it deserves but they seem to think we all care about what a bunch of fickle people in New Hampshire are doing.Way tooooo much coverage of that!