InSight launching in 2018

[cubinator]

WOOT!

[RealKerbal3x]

Wooo!

[RedKraken]

congrats

[Green Baron]

Congratulations to the team and everyone else !

 

[cubinator]

First photo when??  

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Yay!

[RizzoTheRat]

That last 17 metres was tense 

 

Awesome stuff

 

[Ultimate Steve]

YEEHAW!

I guess the peanut butter worked!

Now, can we get a picture before the relays fly away?

[Shpaget]

Now the work begins.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

3 minutes ago, cubinator said:

First photo when??  

A bit after 12:00 PST, if there's no issues with the cubesats.

Picture is here!

Edited November 26, 2018 by Mad Rocket Scientist

[Mr. Peabody]

Touchdown celebration.

 

[Barzon]

A picture is in!

[Brotoro]

Nice snapshot.

[cypher_00]

Nice!!! Those  last few seconds where tense!

[RizzoTheRat]

Incredible getting a picture back that quick 

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Sorry for bad quality.

Edited November 26, 2018 by Mad Rocket Scientist

[Barzon]

WHAHOOO!

[cubinator]

Looks like there's a few rocks nearby, but not too many!

[RealKerbal3x]

Just now, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

Sorry for bad quality.

In the livestream they said that those dots are probably particles of dust on the dust cover so we'll get a better view when the cover is removed.

[Barzon]

InSight is safe!

[cubinator]

Just now, RealKerbal3x said:

In the livestream they said that those dots are probably particles of dust on the dust cover so we'll get a better view when the cover is removed.

The dark ones are. There are some actual rocks visible on the right, though.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Just now, RealKerbal3x said:

In the livestream they said that those dots are probably particles of dust on the dust cover so we'll get a better view when the cover is removed.

I just meant the quick capture of a youtube stream.

[Shpaget]

X band detected.

[ProtoJeb21]

That was just about as good as a Mars landing could go. I didn’t even expect a first picture this quickly. 

[FleshJeb]

So happy, found out from fark.com thread.

OK, which of you nerds are commenting about KSP over there...