Insight Landing On Mars

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https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

[wolf63]

Whilst I was supposed to be working in Oxfam this afternoon I saw something on Google News about Elon Musk going to Mars. We can live in hope that he takes Trump with him.

[Togo]

Was watching earlier on Nasa insight Webbo. First picture was transmitted and now they are just waiting for the dust to settle(real dust) before the solar panels are deployed and all systems are checked out. Brilliant stuff. Britain has provided seismic equipment to detect Marsquakes. Wonder if it will be as sensitive as the kit they are using around the fracking sites back here. (^_*)

[ABSpareEditor]

I have moved this thread into the category "News".

[Togo]

A little bit more info here and a couple of videos. The guy with the microphone wearing the red shirt is a picture as they wait for confirmation of the landing.
https://www.cnet.com/news/after-nasa-insight-mars-landing-heres-what-happens-next/

[Old_Geezer]

Ah, didn't see this yesterday, but no time to watch anyway. Glad it's down safely.

[Old_Geezer]

Probably worth finding a better site for videos. 'Autoplay on' was bad enough, turning it off didn't stop it going from the first to the next, but the reporting standard was so irritating, I had to cut the videos short.

[Togo]

I posted that link Geezer because of the additional info and explanations. This is a better video of the moments just before landing.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/nasa-rover-sends-first-image-after-landing-on-mars/ar-BBQ89g0?li=AAnZ9Ug

[Old_Geezer]

Cheers