Updates NASA's Mars 2020 Rover

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Uploading now to Orbiter Hangar!
Level 16 surface tiles based on this mosaic by Justin Cowart
https://flic.kr/p/2kymR7f

 

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Less than 90 minutes to landing!
Live stream:

Live animation: https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/mars2020/

 

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The vehicle should be entering the atmosphere about now.... signals of that take 11 minutes to get to Earth.

 

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The tones from the S/C are now being received.

 

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Cruise stage separation confirmed!

 

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The rover should be on the surface now... the signals of what happened are somewhere between Mars and Earth.

 

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2 minutes for confirmation of EI.

 

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Now getting S/C telemetry via MRO!
30s to EI signal

 

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EI confirmed!

 

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Signal via MRO lost, tones still coming in

 

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Signal via MRO lost, tones still coming in

... and back!

Rob Manning is happy!

 

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S/C now turning to the landing site... parachute is next.

 

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Parachute deploy confirmed!

 

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Heat shield deployed!

 

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Radar lock!

 

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TRN has valid solution!

 

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Backshell separation, rockets on!

 

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TD nominal!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Data via MRO still coming in!

 

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Possible pictures next...