This is an incredible blog by Fabiola Carletti In his posts he shares the chronological roundup and "playful moments" of the Mars Mission. The largest and most sophisticated rover to ever land on Mars has successfully touched down on the Red Planet -- and like other tourists of its generation, Curiosity has been sharing its adventure on social media.
Here is a chronological roundup of Curiosity's playful yet informative tweets.
- The largest and most sophisticated rover to ever land on Mars has successfully touched down on the Red Planet -- and like other tourists of its generation, Curiosity has been sharing its adventure on social media.If its official Twitter and Facebook pages are any indication, the robotic explorer has a robust following among earthlings. With a bit of human help, Curiosity has been able to keep its fans in the loop -- with a bit of personality, of course.Here is a chronological roundup of Curiosity's best updates so far, in chronological order.
- Timeline activated. Bleep-bop. I'm running entry, descent & landing flight software all on my own. Countdown to Mars: 5 days
- Cruise control: I'm continuing to fly according to autonomous entry, descent & landing software. Countdown to Mars: 4 days!
- Steady as She Goes: I'm in good health & on course for landing. Countdown to Mars: 3 days!
- I'm less than 500,000 miles from Mars & the Red Planet looks about the size as a full moon seen from Earth. 2 days to landing!
- Feeling the tug of Mars: Fewer than 34 hours to go, Mars' gravity is pulling me in for a suspenseful landing 1.usa.gov/OHYcEs
- Call me, maybe? All the ways I could phone home after landing on Mars [video]bit.ly/Pve8rV
- Phoning Home: Communicating from Mars
- Dear @neiltyson, for being millions of miles away it's faster than say... some TV broadcasts from London to Los Angeles ;-)
- Right now, I'm closer to Mars than the moon is to Earth. 28 hours to landing!
- 2 hours to Mars, 16,300 miles away and closing fast. Velocity = 8,900 mph. Watch live:bit.ly/MarsLive #MSL
- I'm inside the orbit of Deimos and completely on my own. Wish me luck! #MSL
- Way to go, Odyssey! The Mars orbiter is in position to relay my communications during landing in real-time back to Earth #MSL
- Cruise stage separation complete. So long & thanks for all the navigation. 17 minutes to Mars! #MSL
- The intensity of @MarsCuriosity's tweets, as well as the number of retweets from excited space enthusiasts, ramped up in the final few minutes before the nerve-wracking descent -- which was expected to be the trickiest part of a journey that took over 8 months.
Because Curiosity weighs nearly a ton, engineers drummed up a new and more controlled way to set the rover down. Unlike predecessors that were cocooned in air bags and bounced to a stop, Curiosity relied on a series of braking tricks, similar to those used by the space shuttle, a heat shield and a supersonic parachute to slow down as it punched through the atmosphere.
The excitement of the new landing was reflected in Curiosity's "emotional" tweets. - I feel lighter & faster already. Cruise balance masses ejected and Mars is pulling me in #MSL
- Entering Mars' atmosphere. 7. Minutes. Of. Terror. Starts. NOW. #MSL
- Guided entry is begun. Here I go! #MSL
- Parachute deployed! Velocity 900 mph. Altitude 7 miles. 4 minutes to Mars! #MSL
- Heatshield separation. Next up: Radar must lock on ground #MSL
- Backshell separation. It's just you & me now, descent stage. Engage all retrorockets! #MSL
- I'm safely on the surface of Mars. GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!! #MSL
- Meanwhile, back on Earth, engineer Allen Chen said the words everyone was anxious to hear: "Touchdown confirmed ...We're safe on Mars." Cheers and applause erupted through the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory after the announcement.
- And in keeping with the "pics or it didn't happen" rule of the internet, Curiosity soon sent its first thumbnail image, followed by a few bigger shots of its new location.
- You asked for pics from my trip. Here you go! My 1st look (of many to come) of my new home... MARS! #MSLpic.twitter.com/894ouNJt
- No photo or it didn't happen? Well lookee here, I'm casting a shadow on the ground in Mars' Gale crater #MSL pic.twitter.com/cj1zFJty
- It once was one small step... now it's six big wheels. Here's a look at one of them on the soil of Mars #MSL pic.twitter.com/uzO99NZz
- To the entire team & fans back on Earth, thank you, thank you. Now the adventure begins. Let's dare mighty things together! #MSL
- Once more, without the clear dust cover. Here's the "fisheye" pic from my rear Hazcam #MSLtwitpic.com/ag43lt
- Many other attempts by the U.S. and other countries to zip past, circle or set down on Mars have gone awry -- but Monday's landing was close to perfection.
This time, the space agency plans to keep the enthusiasm alive for as long as Curiosity roams with more out-of-this-world updates. - FYI, I aim to send bigger, color pictures from Mars later this week once I've got my head up & Mastcam active #MSL
- So far the reception to Curiosity's tweets has been overwhelmingly positive and playful, as many seemed to respond to the robotic explorer's "personality."
- The Mars Rover landed this morning and is sending out witty and fun tweets along with amazing photos. A definite follow!@MarsCuriosity
- Everybody please look at @MarsCuriosity's tweets. They are hilarious. Also, yay for Curiosity!
- Curiosity essentially just took an artsy picture of its shoe through a wacky lens filter. You guys, I think Curiosity might be a hipster.1 like
- Favorite new follow: @MarsCuriosity. The perfect convergence of science, a major news event, and a Twitter acct with some human personality!
- OMG it’s like Wall-E tweeting! “@MarsCuriosity: FYI, I aim to send bigger, color pix from Mars later this week once I’ve got my head up”
- @MarsCuriosity Is it true that your uncle is R2D2 and you are best friends with Johnny 5? Could you also put a location on your tweets?#MSL
- If @MarsCuriosity had the forethought to install @foursquare it would totally be the Mayor of Mars.
- Congratulations, my intrepid friend, Best travel pics ever! I can hardly wait to see what you may find. @MarsCuriosity
- @nashmax73 I love that @MarsCuriosity is a little cocky and snarky! A robot with a personality! LOL
- I can NOT believe we landed a radioactive, laser-wielding, six-wheeled, Mini Cooper-size robot on Mars. I LOVE YOU, @MarsCuriosity!
If you want more cosmic updates, you'll be happy to know that Curiosity is just getting started.
Curiosity Rover (MarsCuriosity) on Twitter
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