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May 5th, 2018 | #1 |
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Launch of Mars Insight Lander
Today I attended the launch of the Mars Insight Lander and took the following video:
The launch took place on the fifty-seventh anniversary of Alan Shepard's flight in Freedom 7, the first flight of an American into space. Since today is also Cinco de Mayo, let us also not forget the most famous Mexican Astronaut of all, José Imenez. |
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I hope I can see humans go to Mars during my lifetime, whether it's Russians, Chinese or SpaceX. We'll see if today's ape-firmative action NASA will do it. Here's a good video of the launch from JPL-NASA: That scene from The Right Stuff where Al Shepard pees in his suit is funny. The miniseries From the Earth to the Moon did a good dramatization, too. I think Bill Dana, aka Jose Jimenez, died recently.
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May 5th, 2018 | #3 |
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According to the announcer at the viewing location, it was launched southward into a polar orbit, then, after a little over 3/4 of an orbit, completes a trans-Mars injection over the North Pole.
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May 7th, 2018 | #4 |
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Here's a video that explains why they launched from California.
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May 8th, 2018 | #5 |
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Looking forward to a successful landing of InSight in November. Sadly, the "Great Galactic Ghoul" lurking near Mars claimed the last lander, the Exo-Mars 'Schiaparelli' in 2016.
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