NASA Live Feed Of Mars Landing

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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?

If all goes well, mission control at the JPL should hear a signal at 10:31 p.m. PDT. The space agency warned that confirmation could take longer if an orbiting spacecraft that's supposed to listen for Curiosity during the descent is not in the right place.

 

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View: http://youtu.be/BudlaGh1A0o


and the first 256x256 image transmitted after touching down on mars

 

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[Dar-Dar]

NASA ftmfw!

 

[KennyGS]

I'm so glad they were successful. So much was riding on this.

 

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[KennyGS]

Very cool!

 

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Sunset

 

[KennyGS]

Wow! That is awesome.

 

[Dar-Dar]

Amazing!

 

[Dar-Dar]

My friend told me that pic was shot by Spirit back in 2005. I can't wait for Curiosity's sunset shot.

 

[webby]

^ you are correct... not sure why that was added to the post. That WAS from 05. Found it on nasa's site just now

On May 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th Martian day, or sol.

 

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[Dar-Dar]

I can't wait til the rover finds a fossil or a possible life form.

 

[KennyGS]

I can't wait til the rover finds a fossil or a possible life form.

I wonder if it would be censored from the public though.

 

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if it supported life, the info better be released

 

[5SK]

Lol knowing how stretchy our government is at times who knows


Turbo'd since 04/2011

 

[Dar-Dar]

True. There's definitely a lot of things about this world that are kept secret. Lol.

 

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amazing