Mars Curiosity

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:09 am

Live streaming at Spaceflight.com

Coming up on the 7 minutes of terror. Entry Interface at 0524:34 Z

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:11 am

Coming up on descent stage sep in 4 minutes

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:16 am

Separation complete

Descent Stage RCS warmup in progress

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:20 am

4 min to entry. All comms good, velocity increasing to 5.5 km/s

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:25 am

Entry Interface. Velocity up to 5.9 km/s

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:27 am

Guidance reports controlled entry in progress. Passing max g, 11-12 earth G equivalent.

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:29 am

Vehicle subsonic, parachute deploy successful

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:32 am

Touchdown!

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:38 am

Data and images being received from the surface of Mars. Rover is wheels down on Mars

kham · Postby **kham** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:43 am

Vid of the descent sequence via simulation here

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