Opportunity Mars rover crawled off its lander ! Pics inside...

[frogfromthenorth2]

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Mission Control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers and applause one more time early today as the Opportunity rover crawled off its lander and onto the dark, dusty floor of a martian crater.

"Uh, that would be two for two, Flight," a controller said as data reached Earth confirming Opportunity's short trip.

"Two for two," agreed flight director Chris Lewicki. "One dozen wheels on soil."

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http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040131drive.html

[frogfromthenorth2]

1. Kick in the butt....

[Heyo]

2. kick

Hey frog..

It was you and me that were posting the up to date status the night that Opportunity landed, right?

Right on brother!

:toast:

Heyo

[DS1]

3. I find it rather amusing that

the first thing NASA does with its new toys is look back :7

[Heyo]

4. Yeah...

Well, after each movement of the rover, they take a front and back Hazcam image to get a good bearing.. to be fair this is part of a pair of front and back...

I think the symbolic picture of the emptylander and the tracks is really cool. (rover tracks!! :) )

GO NASA!

Heyo

[lazarus]

5. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=340656