It's going to belly flop and then land so that belly flop will be normal.
Also going to land where it launched from...hopefully.
It's going to belly flop and then land so that belly flop will be normal.
Also going to land where it launched from...hopefully.
We flop!
We gliding.
We crash. RUD :/
fail...but still a success
2nd engine did not re-ignite![]()
Bah that sucks. My feed was about five min behind.
Next Mars rover lands this Thursday (Feb 18th) @ 3 PM ET.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timel.../watch-online/
...How did I know that was Mark Rober from just his eyes?
We're going to try to land another rover on Mars today. This one is Perseverance. Check out the NASA live stream here:
Edit: Should be most interesting between 3PM and 3:30PM EST.
They're a 12 minutes away from the entry sequence they just announced.
It's so tense!!!
Also twitch chat went emote only mode lol
Yep! Broadcasting tones now, getting ready for separation and descent.
As I type this confirmation of separation. Itshappening.
Atmosphere entry incoming.
YouTube is about 30 seconds behind
parachute deployed
Yes yes yes
WIN!!!!
Success
Touchdown confirmed!
They make it look easy