Group Actions
Engagement
  • Author Author: Catwell
  • Date Created: Date Created
  • Views 662 views
  • Likes 1 like
  • Comments 4 comments
Related
Recommended

Curiosity Mars Rover lands flawlessly

Catwell

NASA sent $2.5 billion US Dollars 567 million kilometers (352 million miles) to Mars. The most advanced robotic exploration vehicle, dubbed Curiosity. Millions of people watched all over the world at NASA.gov for live streaming of the event. Get together, parties, dance parties to celebrate Curiosity's land peppered the globe. All were on edge, cheering every successful step in its complicated landing procedure. Flight control at NASA walked everyone through the "7 minutes of terror" as it set down on the red planet. (Watching with a communication delay of 16-20 minutes.) I felt like clapping at every successful stage.

 

It landed at 10:14:39 PDT on August 6th, 2012. 


"Let's see where curiosity will take us." - NASA flight control

 

I could not help but feel extreme pride in the successful landing. Even more so as the image stream started to flow. Two images sent before the data stream ended.

 

image

Curiosity's first images from Mars (via NASA live stream)

 

 

A few curious facts about the Curiosity rover:

 

imageimage

 

(Left) The landing proceedure (Right) The size of the rover, it's surprising (via NASA)

 

The rover is quite social. Follow Curiosity's twitter feed: https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

 

 

Cabe

http://twitter.com/Cabe_e14

 

Direct from the rover. The images are dusty and dirty due to the thrust of the landing vehicle:

 


image

Parents

  • I watched the control room footage, as it successfully went through all of the seperate stages neccessary to land. I held my breath many times, and nearly cried at the end of it all. What a thrilling event!

     

    It reminded me that we as a species are capable of so much more, when we work together, and individually, towards a shared vision.

     

    Well done to all involved with the Curiosity project, I am sure that the best parts are yet to come.

Comment

  • I watched the control room footage, as it successfully went through all of the seperate stages neccessary to land. I held my breath many times, and nearly cried at the end of it all. What a thrilling event!

     

    It reminded me that we as a species are capable of so much more, when we work together, and individually, towards a shared vision.

     

    Well done to all involved with the Curiosity project, I am sure that the best parts are yet to come.

Children
No Data