@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

#Perseverance laser zapped a piece of rock for (fun and for) science 😀. At first it looked like a piece of debris like what we've seen drifting away from the crashed #SkyCrane, but on closer look fantasy gave way to reality 🥴.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking WNW (303°) from RMC 81.4488
Sol 1699, LMST: 08:57:58

Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01699/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1699_0817755289_604EBY_N0814488SCAM01699_0050I6J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01699/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1699_0817756657_259EBY_N0814488SCAM01699_0100I6J01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/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
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#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
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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

#NASA's #SkyCrane technology:

“In the future, if you wanted a payload delivery service, you could easily use that architecture to lower to the surface of the Moon or elsewhere without ever touching the ground”

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/heres-how-curiositys-sky-crane-changed-the-way-nasa-explores-mars

#Curiosity #Perseverance #MSL #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space