@PaulHammond51 reminds me that today is the 5th anniversary of #Perseverance landing on the surface of #Mars, hanging under the #SkyCrane as seen in this #OutOfThisWorld image it captured the moment the umbilical cord connecting them was cut, and the Sky Crane veered off to a heroic crash about 900m NW.

De-bayered, processed EDL_RUCAM
RMC: 0.0000 (prelanding, corrected)
Sol: 0 (corrected)
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00293/ids/edr/browse/edl/EUE_0293_0692945892_348ECM_N0090000EDLC00293_0050LUJ01.png
Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech / 65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #solarocks #space

#PlaneAlert ICAO: #AACB59 Tail: #N795HT Flt: #N795HT
Owner: #HelicopterTransportServices
Aircraft: #CH-54A Tarhe
2025-11-28 22:04:38 CET
#S64 #Skycrane #Thunderbird2 #HeavyLift https://w.wiki/B3LE
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=AACB59&zoom=7&lat=37.072495&lon=-118.799789&timestamp=1764363878&showTrace=2025-11-28

#adsb #planefence #planealert by kx1t - https://sdr-e.com/docker-planefence

#PlaneAlert ICAO: #ACA12C Tail: #N9125M Flt: #N9125M
Owner: #SillerHelicopters
Aircraft: #CH-54A Tarhe
2025-11-16 21:55:32 CET
#S64 #Skycrane #Thunderbird2 #HeavyLift https://w.wiki/B3LE
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ACA12C&zoom=7&lat=35.671555&lon=-82.463440&timestamp=1763326532&showTrace=2025-11-16

#adsb #planefence #planealert by kx1t - https://sdr-e.com/docker-planefence

Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane flying overhead this afternoon

#aviation #helicopter #sikorsky #skycrane

Nice talk by Dr. Nigar Shaji at IUCAA with first look at proposed ExoWorlds space telescope at L2 and Mars Landing Mission (MLM) EDL profile with Skycrane based approach to lower rover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56vViVhSlkk

#ISRO #Mars #MLM #ExoWorlds #EDL #Skycrane

A spaceworthy valve

The valve that helped soft-land both #Curiosity and #Perseverance with a #SkyCrane

https://www.nasa.gov/technology/tech-transfer-spinoffs/controlled-propulsion-for-gentle-landings/

#MSL #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space

Here is something that looks like one of those thermal blanket fragments from the #SkyCrane which brought #Perseverance onto the Martian surface and then rocketed away and crashed about 670m NW of the Octavia E. Butler landing site.

Only... that crash site is now about 6.2km ESE of #Perseverance

Animated zoom. Map follows.

NAVCAM_RIGHT
looking W (270°) from RMC 48.3714
Sol 1018, LMST: 14:54:00

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01018/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1018_0757321766_659ECM_N0483714NCAM03018_07_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

@emilyherring Yea! And billions of galaxies... is this society the smartest thing the universe can create anywhere?

#TheGreatFilter #FermiParadox #DanielDennett #DesignSpace #SkyCrane

https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html

"Fermi? ... (pause) Fermi? ... (pause) has anyone seen Fermi?"

#FerrisBeulersDayOff