various fragments and filter failure: Posts tagged 'JPL' http://entangled.systems/tags/JPL.html Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:50:49 UT Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:50:49 UT 1800 http://entangled.systems/fragments/20210219-the-largest-most-advanced-rover-nasa-has-sent-to-another-world-touched-down-on-mars-thursday-after-a-203-day-journey.html?utm_source=JPL&utm_medium=RSS urn:http-entangled-systems:-fragments-20210219-the-largest-most-advanced-rover-nasa-has-sent-to-another-world-touched-down-on-mars-thursday-after-a-203-day-journey-html Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:50:49 UT zzkt <div class="figure"><img src="/media/2666da50707126a26935e3ab2e485a893f4f5c86.png" alt="" /> <p class="caption"></p></div> <!--more--> <div class="figure"><img src="/media/4ea6c71cf8a25b68d80c5630d336e7b07913f69b.jpg" alt="" /> <p class="caption"></p></div> <div class="figure"><img src="/media/a61bb938968ce71c3f8198595a3238b6d7340462.jpg" alt="" /> <p class="caption"></p></div> <div class="figure"><img src="/media/932fb02d0af98f1af23fb11f45f9d63bc82c07a3.jpg" alt="" /> <p class="caption"></p></div> <p>The largest, most advanced rover NASA has sent to another world touched down on Mars Thursday, after a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometers). Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California at 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST).</p> <p>Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth.</p> <p>(via <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8865/touchdown-nasas-mars-perseverance-rover-safely-lands-on-red-planet/">The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission</a> ) <br /></p> <!-- tumblr url: [https://agalmic.org/post/643555813392351232](https://agalmic.org/post/643555813392351232)-->