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And still at about 6000 km/h when just seconds away from parachute deploy.
 

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Now comes the hard part: Where did it actually land?
 

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The mission control at JPL is going nuts lol!

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Beautiful landing site image ;)
 

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Please, install wind shield wiper on the next probe. :rofl:
 

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It's not every day I get to see a photo, taken less than 15 minutes before, on Mars. :hailprobe:
 

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42248_C000M0000_596533559EDR_F0000_0106M2-stretched.png
 

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The only real hazard I see is that one rock in close to the lander... otherwise, it seems to be pretty smooth. :)
 

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[ame="https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067255524335345665"]NASA JPL on Twitter: "Data from Odyssey indicate @NASAInSight’s solar arrays are open and batteries are charging. The transmission also included this view from the instrument deployment camera, showing the seismometer (left), grapple (center) and robotic arm (right): https://t.co/yZqPextm89… https://t.co/8dRWe1VYLU"[/ame]
 

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That's just amazing!

...and this too! :hailprobe:
[ame="https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067181568328790016"]https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067181568328790016[/ame]
 

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Looks like the windshield wipers worked :/

Also, am i the only one who can't see twitter embeds? I have to guess they are here and open page source to get to them.
Firefox, https site.

EDIT: Nvm, it was their new "content blocking" feature.
 
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