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In another amazing photograph, the Mars Reconnaisance Oribiter (MRO) successfully utilized its fantastic HiRISE camera to take a picture of the Curiosity rover DURING PARACHUTE DESCENT.
The amount of perfect synchronization between teams during this landing is just staggering- Curisoity's descent telemetry signal was relayed through the Odysesy orbiter, and photographed MID FLIGHT by the MRO HiRISE camera.
BRAVO JPL/NASA!
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/08060824-hirise-curiosity-parachute.html
http://www.planetary.org/assets/images/ spacecraft /curiosity-hirise.png
The amount of perfect synchronization between teams during this landing is just staggering- Curisoity's descent telemetry signal was relayed through the Odysesy orbiter, and photographed MID FLIGHT by the MRO HiRISE camera.
BRAVO JPL/NASA!
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/08060824-hirise-curiosity-parachute.html
http://www.planetary.org/assets/images/ spacecraft /curiosity-hirise.png
Planetary.org said:In 2008, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped an amazing photo of Phoenix descending to the surface of Mars under its parachute. Now it's repeated the feat, with Curiosity. I think this image pretty much speaks for itself. Absolutely stunning.
I want you to sit back and think about what was going on when this was taken. Both spacecraft were operating totally autonomously, based upon commands uplinked to them a long time before. (Some timing parameters were updated hours before.) This is a spaceship at Mars, and we have a photo of it in action, just minutes before its historic landing. Incredible.
And beautiful.
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