Are we there yet?
Bump for later
Live HD Coverage: Phoenix Mars Landing
Broadcast Time:
May 25 Sunday: 6 - 11 p.m. (EDT)
For those who don’t get NASA TV, Discovery Science channel will be broadcasting live coverage all evening, beginning at 7ET:
http://science.discovery.com/tv/phoenix-mars/phoenix-mars.html
Brief history of the mission is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWrVdWzI3o
Mission Overview here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6gftxoeH4QA
Remember, 55% of all Mars landings have failed, so say a prayer for this one.
Thanks for the thread, keyword leads to a couple earlier threads.
keyword Phoenix Mars
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/phoenixmars/index
Here’s hoping this baby hits the broad side of a Martian pole barn, dead nuts on. ;-)
Where are we? Z minus how much till crashdown?
Placemarker Bump!
Two hours ‘til nerd-joy BUMP!
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| Event | Time (UTC) | Time (PST) |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise Stage Separation | 23:39:17 | 16:39:17 |
| Turn-to-Entry | 23:39:47 | 16:39:47 |
| Entry | 23:46:17 | 16:46:17 |
| Nominal Plasma Black out start | 23:47:05 | 16:47:05 |
| Nominal Plasma Black out end | 23:49:05 | 16:49:05 |
| Nominal Heatshield Deployment | 23:50:12 | 16:50:12 |
| Nominal Lander Leg Deployment | 23:50:22 | 16:50:22 |
| Nominal Lander Separation | 23:52:50 | 16:52:50 |
| Nominal Touch Down | 23:53:33 | 16:53:33 |
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These liberals are working sooo hard to try and prove earth is NOT unique...trying to disprove The Bible....and The Father who created the universe.
I am watching the NASA TV feed on my computer, http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html, checking this thread, watch the NASCAR race and the NASCAR race thread. A lot goin’ on!
I’m in.
go go go : )
acquired uhf signal => separation ok
yeah!
Congrats Phoenix and Nasa.