The pre-landing frenzy is in full force down on the JPL mall, where countdown clocks tick away and a fountain provides dramatic percussion, like a constant Mission Impossible soundtrack. News outlets from around the world are setting up tripods, running sound checks, and marking their territory with masking tape on the concrete plaza. (Don't mess with those TV crews; they seem to be guardi...
July 31, 2012
Breathing Deeply
Breathing Deeply
We just passed a major milestone!
We sent the commands to the rover to get the sequence started up. If we did nothing else the rover would probably land ok even now. We keep knocking on wood, everything is going so well. There is a lot of excitement in the air and we can see that enthusiasm from outside of Mars Science Laboratory project and outside of JPL and NASA is starting to build. My f...
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Ph.D. Student, Purdue University -
Sampling Operations Deputy Lead, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator on Mastcam-Z, Western Washington University -
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Chief Engineer for the Mars Helicopter Project, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator, Purdue University -
Atmospheric Scientist, Aeolis Research -
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Co-Investigator, PIXL Instrument, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) -
Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Ph.D. Student, Rice University -
Student Collaborator, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -
Ph.D. Student, University of California, Los Angeles -
Student Collaborator, McGill University -
MOXIE Science Team Member, Lunar Outpost -
Mapping Specialist, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Chief Pilot, NASA/JPL -
Sampling Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Chief Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mechanical Engineering Lead, NASA/JPL -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Operations Lead, NASA/JPL -
Imaging Scientist and Mastcam-Z Deputy Principal Investigator, NASA/JPL -
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Project Scientist, Caltech -
Chief Engineer for Sampling & Caching, NASA/JPL -
Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Planetary Scientist, Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum -
Ingenuity Pilot, NASA/JPL -
Vehicle Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
SuperCam/ChemCam Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory -
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Principal Investigator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Vehicle Systems Engineer Lead, NASA/JPL -
Mars 2020 Student Collaborator, University of Florida -
Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
Principal Investigator, SuperCam / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument, Purdue University -
Assistant Science Manager, NASA/JPL -
Docking Systems Engineer, NASA/JPL -
SuperCam, PhD Student, Purdue University -
Perseverance Deputy Project Manager, NASA/JPL -
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Chief Engineer Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, NASA/JPL -
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