Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 19, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,116 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, nudge said: Precision at its finest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 19, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 Sol 1 press conference just started. They just shared this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted February 19, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 19, 2021 THIS. IS. QUALITY! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 19, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Stan said: THIS. IS. QUALITY! That's Curiosity Still amazing though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted February 19, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 minute ago, nudge said: That's Curiosity Still amazing though! Yes, I was curious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 19, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 Some more screen caps from the press conference: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 19, 2021 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, nudge said: That's Curiosity Still amazing though! Aye, the sounds were Martian winds if I remember right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 19, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Aye, the sounds were Martian winds if I remember right? Yep! But even then, it's not exactly true sound. Curiosity didn't have any microphones, and the recorded sound actually came from InSight's instrument measuring marsquakes and air pressure sensor, and then NASA raised the pitch a few octaves up so that a human ear could hear it. Meanwhile, Perseverance has two microphones, so this will be the first time we will have true recorded audio on Mars. We should already hear it once the landing video is released... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpache 672 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 @nudge made this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpache 672 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 For reference - that picture became a meme after Guerrero's anti-doping test came out as positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 20, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mpache said: @nudge made this You need to work on your PS skills 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpache 672 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, nudge said: You need to work on your PS skills I sure do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 21, 2021 Quote February 20, 2021 NASA's Mars Helicopter Reports In Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian Surface: In this illustration, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have received the first status report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which landed Feb. 18, 2021, at Jezero Crater attached to the belly of the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The downlink, which arrived at 3:30 p.m. PST (6:30 p.m. EST) via a connection through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicates that both the helicopter, which will remain attached to the rover for 30 to 60 days, and its base station (an electrical box on the rover that stores and routes communications between the rotorcraft and Earth) are operating as expected. “There are two big-ticket items we are looking for in the data: the state of charge of Ingenuity’s batteries as well as confirmation the base station is operating as designed, commanding heaters to turn off and on to keep the helicopter’s electronics within an expected range,” said Tim Canham, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter operations lead at JPL. “Both appear to be working great. With this positive report, we will move forward with tomorrow’s charge of the helicopter’s batteries.” FULL REPORT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 22, 2021 Quote 22 February 2021 Mars news all good Data indicate all systems fine and helicopter Ingenuity working as expected. Less than a day after NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Southern California, reported that data relayed by several Mars-orbiting spacecraft indicated that everything appeared to be in working order. NASA/JPL released several photos, including a spectacular high-res image taken during the rover’s landing. Perseverance’s cameras are intended to capture video of its touchdown, from which the image was taken; as of the weekend the full video was still being relayed to Earth and processed. FULL REPORT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 22, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 22, 2021 They released the EDL video in the press conference! Mind blowing Unfortunately, the microphone didn't work during the entry, descent and landing stage, but we got the first sounds from the surface after it landed! First ever recorded sound from another planet! There's already over 30GB of data that is being uploaded to the NASA website. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,365 Posted February 22, 2021 Administrator Share Posted February 22, 2021 That is just incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 22, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 22, 2021 The most surreal part for me was seeing the sky crane lowering the rover and then jetting away; absolutely incredible. Looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 23, 2021 13 hours ago, nudge said: They released the EDL video in the press conference! Mind blowing Unfortunately, the microphone didn't work during the entry, descent and landing stage, but we got the first sounds from the surface after it landed! First ever recorded sound from another planet! There's already over 30GB of data that is being uploaded to the NASA website. That gave me goosebumps, brilliant, I was drinking wine last night when you posted that and you beat me to it posting wise and that bloody sobered me up just viewing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted February 23, 2021 Subscriber Share Posted February 23, 2021 The art on the Mastcam-Z calibration target is so beautiful... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted February 23, 2021 Author Subscriber Share Posted February 23, 2021 To think it's sitting up their lightyears away from mother earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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