Updates InSight mission news and updates

[Yuri_Gagarin]

Trundeled into atmosphere.

 

[Zandy12]

7Gs geez

 

[Urwumpe]

And still at about 6000 km/h when just seconds away from parachute deploy.

 

[Yuri_Gagarin]

TOUCHDOWN

 

[MaverickSawyer]

:woohoo:

Well done, Insight!

 

[mahdavi3d]

Touchdown :thumbup:

 

[IronRain]

Well done so far InSight!

 

[Urwumpe]

Now comes the hard part: Where did it actually land?

 

[Zandy12]

The mission control at JPL is going nuts lol!

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Beautiful landing site image

 

[BrianJ]

Looking good :thumbup:

 

[Urwumpe]

Please, install wind shield wiper on the next probe. :rofl:

 

[GLS]

It's not every day I get to see a photo, taken less than 15 minutes before, on Mars.

 

[Yuri_Gagarin]

YESS.1 st photos

 

[Wuwuk]

Well done InSight! :hail:

 

[GLS]

 

[MaverickSawyer]

The only real hazard I see is that one rock in close to the lander... otherwise, it seems to be pretty smooth.

 

[DaveS]

[ame="https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067255524335345665"]NASA JPL on Twitter: "Data from Odyssey indicate @NASAInSight’s solar arrays are open and batteries are charging. The transmission also included this view from the instrument deployment camera, showing the seismometer (left), grapple (center) and robotic arm (right): https://t.co/yZqPextm89… https://t.co/8dRWe1VYLU"[/ame]

 

[IronRain]

That's just amazing!

 

[GLS]

That's just amazing!

...and this too!
[ame="https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067181568328790016"]https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1067181568328790016[/ame]

 

[Artlav]

Looks like the windshield wipers worked :/

Also, am i the only one who can't see twitter embeds? I have to guess they are here and open page source to get to them.
Firefox, https site.
EDIT: Nvm, it was their new "content blocking" feature.