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Fretless · Super Senior River Rat Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 560

Watching JPL live and they are jumping up and down, hugging one another.

Everything is working and they just got the first image

This is seriously exciting and I'm just an interested bystander
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Avian · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:53 am Post subject:

Kewl!
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TaniaJane · Super Barstool Reader Joined: 18 Sep 2007 Posts: 1105

Couple days ago I watched this pretty good (short) video on curiosity's landing (animated) narrated by Steven Lee, the guidance, navigation, and control manager.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KLxmGLZQSY

Captain John · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:28 am Post subject:

Yes, I watched it also. Very Kewl Very Happy

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Bickie · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:22 am Post subject:

What a nail biter that must have been. A lot of money was riding on that landing................
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Captain John · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:32 pm Post subject:

In watching it you could see how nervous the guys at JPL were. Each little event in the process they would applaud. When it was finally down the relief in the room was very evident, they were clapping and hugging each other all over the room.
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Fretless · Super Senior River Rat Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 560

One of the things they were going to attempt (but could not guarantee) was taking a pic via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of Curiosity as it descended.

They even succeeded at that. Pretty spectacular IMO

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/images/Milkovich_2_Parachute-w-inset-br2.jpg
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