The Space Stuff thread


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       #1091

    z3r010 said:

    Get Ready to Watch the Mars Landing Show
    One week from today on Thursday, Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover will touch down on the Red Planet. Tune in to watch the landing broadcast starting at 11:15 a.m. PST / 2:15 p.m. EST / 19:15 UTC. There is also a program available in Spanish. See TV Schedule
    In 3 days time, at 1915 hrs I am going to be glued to Nasa tv, and enduring the 7 minutes of hell.
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       #1092

    The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another world for the first time. It is hitching a ride on the Perseverance rover. A series of flight tests will be performed over a 30-Martian-day experimental window that will begin sometime in the spring of 2021.

    6 Things to Know About NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars
    6 Things to Know About NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars

    Mars Helicopter
    Mars Helicopter - NASA Mars

    Mars Helicopter Video
    https://mars.nasa.gov/layout/helicop...r_take_off.m4v

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       #1093

    FarFarOut
    Yeah, they need to give it a better name than that!
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       #1094

    Well, it replaced Farout as the farthest

    A Guy
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       #1095

    simrick said:
    FarFarOut
    Yeah, they need to give it a better name than that!
    Is 2018 AG37 Okay? Although a provisional designation at the moment it only awaits confirmation.

    Related:
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  6. Posts : 2,547
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       #1096

    They should call it after me but it might be confused with the cluster of stars bearing my surname.
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       #1097

    elbmek said:
    They should call it after me but it might be confused with the cluster of stars bearing my surname.
    Well...Scuttlebutt has it that there was some discussion to name it after you but the IAU-MPC thought better of it and stayed with an alphanumerical designation. Maybe next time.
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       #1098

    oh well, never mind
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       #1099

    NASA: How to watch the rover landing as Perseverance nears Mars - TechRepublic

    On Feb. 18, Perseverance is set to land on Mars. Here's everything you need to know about the NASA live stream and where to watch landing operations.
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       #1100

    Saw that on Google news. Comes in just inside Neptune's orbit and then goes out over 130 AU.
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