Curiosity lands - TONIGHT!

[Perriwen]

The much anticipated and nail-biting landing of the Curiosity rover happens tonight! And it's gonna be brought to us live on various livestreams (most prominently NASA TV). Anyone else going to be tuning in to see how this goes as it happens?

http://earthsky.org/space/view-livestream-of-mars-curiosity-landing-tonight


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSphs7283lY

[yankees368]

absolutely

[Perriwen]

For those who don't know what Curiosity is, this video should explain it (and excite those of us who do know even more)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-I1CfgIyNU&feature=relmfu

[megatop412]

Hell yes brother I'll definitely watch this, I remember when they landed Pathfinder back in '97- we were watching it on TV at work and people were clapping when the first images were shown of the surface- I'll be watching with fingers crossed, that looks like a b*tch of a landing they have to pull off.

Imagine there were people on board this flight....stepping onto the surface of Mars for the first time....will we see it in our lifetimes?

[Perriwen]

Hell yes brother I'll definitely watch this, I remember when they landed Pathfinder back in '97- we were watching it on TV at work and people were clapping when the first images were shown of the surface- I'll be watching with fingers crossed, that looks like a b*tch of a landing they have to pull off.

Imagine there were people on board this flight....stepping onto the surface of Mars for the first time....will we see it in our lifetimes?

Sounds like this rover is kind of a scout to prepare for that, so who knows? If funding ever gets going, may be sooner than we think.

Similar note: NASA TV showed this an hour or so ago. Brings a tear to the eye...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DEw70LVWs

[gonzalu]

I just wish they had an arm EXTEND OUT from the side of the ship or something to film the whole event from the outside as it happens. I 'd love to see that thing actually land from a birds-eye view!

[Perriwen]

Coverage is beginning to start:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html (plus the streams mentioned in the link)

[megatop412]

touchdown on the surface of Mars was just confirmed a moment ago

waiting for the first images

[Perriwen]

The reaction from the mission control has me grinning ear to ear. Good job, guys and girls!

[gpalz1]

Agreed! An incredible accomplishment!

Images will be posted here as they come in:

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/

[megatop412]

That was totally awesome, congrats to JPL

[gonzalu]

Amazing... just amazing... 8 years in the making? and I complain about the upload queue on JetPhotos.net :tongue:

[Perriwen]

Amazing... just amazing... 8 years in the making? and I complain about the upload queue on JetPhotos.net :tongue:

Some of those guys working the control room were still in high school when this program started. <.<

[Just_Lucas]

Nice,Grats to Nasa For landing Cant wait to see the Film Just when are we going to Put a man on Mars and Make a movie Like Apollo 13! XD Oh by the way Gonzalez did you get the Photos i added on my older topic?,Congrats to nasa!

[Zee71]

Another great achievement for NASA. Unfortunately, my eye lids were shut around 11:30pm, but did I manage to catch the news early this morning to see some footage.