Live video from JPL https://twitter.com/NASAJPL?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author https://www.cnn.com/specials/live-video-1
... and she is down - now waiting to see if she is operational after touchdown. We were at the Goldstone visitor center (the deep space communication complex is not open to the public) this weekend and even there they were excited.
When humans achieve something this spectacular it makes the bullshit in the world seem so small in comparison...this is awesome!
I got the NASA app to work which animates the approach. Couldn't get the European apps to work well. Here's a simpler landing timeline. https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/11/26/insights-entry-descent-and-landing-timeline/
Pebbles are in the bottom of the dirty lenscap. It will be ejected in a few hours after the dust settles.
Now they're saying that the Sun is setting, not rising. So the solar panels have to wait all night to start working. And it landed on a slant--note the tilted horizon. So it's drunk but not from power.
Sheesh. One would think that actual astrophysicists would know that the rotation of Mars at play, not the sun sinking or rising. Get right, NASA!
I should have mentioned that the lenscap is translucent, not opague like most. Also, when Curiosity landed 6 years ago, the first picture through the lenscap showed the bright light of the landing rocket stage hitting the ground a few hundred yards away.
