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Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby Johan G » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:06 pm

NASA, Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars! (Livestream from 19:15 UTC today.)


Time of actual landing should be Feb. 18, 2021, 3:55 p.m. EDT (12:55 p.m. PDT) [1] (Which, if my calculation is correct, should be 19:55 UTC)

More info:
Wikipedia
NASA
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[1] Landing Press Kit (PDF, 10.7 MB)
Low-level flying — It's all fun and games till someone looses an engine. (Paraphrased from a YouTube video)
Improving the Dassault Mirage F1 (Wiki, Forum, GitLab. Work in slow progress)
Some YouTube videos
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Re: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby Delta5142 » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:20 pm

Nice! :)
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Re: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby wlbragg » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:05 pm

Wohoo, I just landed on Mars! This one is special!
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Re: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby wlbragg » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:22 pm

I wonder how many people realize MS2020 has no helicopters, but there is one on Mars now!
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Re: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby The epic chicken » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:25 pm

i was gonea make this post
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Re: Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars!

Postby Husky Dynamics » Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:48 pm

The first powered aircraft was flown 118 years ago. Now we're a few days away from controlled powered flight on another planet. How crazy is that?
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