Mars Rover Landing Spotted by Orbiting Spacecraft

bleedlikeme · 08-06-12 at 11:05 AM

Mars Rover Curiosity Landing From Orbit
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is spotted descending to the Martian surface under its parachute in this amazing photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Aug. 5 PDT, 2012.
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Mars Rover Curiosity Landing From Orbit 2
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover.
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Curiosity Rover and Associated Hardware Spotted on Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Curiosity rover and its landing sky crane, parachute and other hardware are seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this image released Aug. 7, 2012. Curiosity landed on Aug. 5 PDT.
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Sky Crane's Final Resting Place
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image shows the crash site of the Mars rover Curiosity's sky crane, the rocket-powered backpack that lowered Curiosity down to the Martian surface on Aug. 5 PDT, 2012. Image released Aug. 7.
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Curiosity's Backshell and Parachute Seen by MRO
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The parachute and backshell of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity are seen in this photo from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released on Aug. 7, 2012.
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**MacFalic** · 08-06-12 at 06:20 PM

They seemed to have misspelled the Chinese gentleman's name: It should be "Yan Kee", using the personal name last, family name first.

p.s. One must admit, after coming so far, Mr. Yan would not readily 'go home'.

**Visual_Paradox** · 08-06-12 at 06:44 PM

LOL @ MrPjax. thats awesome.

**orgasminator** · 08-06-12 at 07:59 PM

Perhaps the message in that^ pic actually saying that the Martians are missing the "Yankee" and wished the "Yankee" to come back to them for the sake of Martians. :P

Quote: Originally Posted by Notorious_dog

What's up with the black and whiteness? what is this, the 60s?

I thought I saw one with red color? something wrong with my eyes?

**shonymat** · 08-06-12 at 08:07 PM

Okay... where are the naysayers who believe this is all faked?

chiops · 08-06-12 at 08:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by shonymat

Okay... where are the naysayers who believe this is all faked?

It IS all fake....Elvis told me so!

**Noledox** · 08-06-12 at 11:43 PM

Awesome.

08-06-12 at 06:20 PM	#2
MacFalic Sleeps with Kuune Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Land of Cunning Sheep Posts: 875	They seemed to have misspelled the Chinese gentleman's name: It should be "Yan Kee", using the personal name last, family name first. p.s. One must admit, after coming so far, Mr. Yan would not readily 'go home'.

08-06-12 at 06:44 PM	#3
Visual_Paradox Professional Russian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Пулковское Posts: 2,130	LOL @ MrPjax. thats awesome.

08-06-12 at 07:59 PM	#4
orgasminator Master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: island under the eye of the day Posts: 989	Perhaps the message in that^ pic actually saying that the Martians are missing the "Yankee" and wished the "Yankee" to come back to them for the sake of Martians. :P Quote: Originally Posted by Notorious_dog What's up with the black and whiteness? what is this, the 60s? I thought I saw one with red color? something wrong with my eyes?

08-06-12 at 08:07 PM	#5
shonymat Elder Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,996	Okay... where are the naysayers who believe this is all faked?

08-06-12 at 08:52 PM	#6
chiops Newcomer Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 65	Quote: Originally Posted by shonymat Okay... where are the naysayers who believe this is all faked? It IS all fake....Elvis told me so!

08-06-12 at 11:43 PM	#7
Noledox Bad command or file name Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 2,709	Awesome.