Mars Rover Perseverance Landing... and continuing...

[Umbran]

If you want to watch, NASA's stream is live. The "seven minutes of terror" will happen around 3:55PM or so today.

Mars 2020: Perseverance Rover - NASA Science

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.

mars.nasa.gov

 

[trappedslider]

Watched it, and all the fist bumps lol and the pictures they got.

 

[Umbran]

Touchdown!

First Image

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Second image

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[Ryujin]

I love this stuff. The other probe on which they're trying to test the seismic detectors, Insight, has a protective skirt that was made using scales from my chainmail supplies provider

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Look out, Martians, here we come!

 

[aco175]

Wow, what have I been doing? I completely forgot about this. All I got is this guy.

 

[Umbran]

And, NASA has an interactive map of where Perseverance is, that'll show her path as she goes...

Perseverance Rover Location Map - NASA Science

NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater, an area with an ancient delta, on Feb. 18, 2021. Scroll and pan around this map to see the rover’s latest location and traverse path, as it seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of Mars rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for...

mars.nasa.gov

 

[Azuresun]

I look forward to my Facebook feed filling with a hundred "this bunch of pixels here is totally an alien horseradish" posts. But this is very cool.

 

[darjr]

This is amazing! Today I think they are going to try and FLY!!!!

 

[trappedslider]

FYI: As far as we know Mars is the only planet inhabited solely by Robots.