Phoenix Mars Landing Thread

[Andy44]

UHF signal acq

 

[Missioncmdr]

Turn to entry attitude complete.

 

[GregBurch]

By my clock, it should be touching down any minute now!

It seems silly to wish them good luck for something that's already happened! :lol:

That's a very Newtonian thing to say.

 

[Andy44]

It must be strange doing things with significant light-time delay. Talk about gamer lag!

 

[GregBurch]

It must be strange doing things with significant light-time delay. Talk about gamer lag!

Well the folks at JPL aren't really DOING anything ... It's all robotics from here on out ...

 

[astrosammy]

The Eagle........äähm Phoenix has landed!!! I play it in Orbiter realtime and landed at

129.938° W
068.574° N

a few minutes ago. I hope parachute and engines have worked.

 

[Missioncmdr]

Entry interface.

 

[pete.dakota]

Entry.

 

[doggie015]

Entry started... Good luck, 1 minute to peak heating...

 

[Andy44]

CNN seems to be 50 seconds ahead of NASA TV. Annoying.

 

[bujin]

Biting nails here. Can't imagine what it's like for the mission control guys!

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Considering CNN gets their crap from NASATV as well...

 

[GregBurch]

still got signal

 

[doggie015]

Peak heating point

 

[GregBurch]

peak heating -- still talkin'

 

[doggie015]

standby for direct comm re-aquisition

 

[Andy44]

Telemetry is a nice thing to have.

 

[GregBurch]

damn -- 15 km altitude

 

[Missioncmdr]

Parachute deployment.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Parachute deployment successful!