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--- blog:aardvaark:perseverance [2020/08/15 13:19] – Phil Ide
+++ blog:aardvaark:perseverance [2020/11/03 16:57] – Phil Ide
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ~~NOCACHE~~
 ====== Perseverance Rover ======
-<html><iframe src="/mars/countdown.html" width=820 height=370px scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></iframe></html>
+<html><iframe src="/mars/countdown.php" width=820 height=370px scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></iframe></html>
 === ===
-Perseverance has launched succesfully and the clock is now counting flight and ETA time. It is due to land on Mars on\\
+Perseverance has launched succesfully and the clock is now counting flight and ETA time. It is due to land on Mars on (times and countdown timer based on NASA's timer):\\
-  * **Feb 18th 2021**. The following times are based on NASA's timer
+  * **Feb 18th 2021**.
   * <html><span id=cet></span></html>
   * <html><span id=bst></span></html>
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
   * <html><span id=aest></span></html>
   * <html><span id=hkt></span></html>
+See also NASA's [[https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/orrery/#/sc_perseverance|interactive map]] of the solar system and follow Perserverance and Ingenuity on the way to Mars.
+<PHP>
+$xppage = file_get_contents("https://mars.nasa.gov/");
+$apage = explode("<div data-react-class=\"HomepageCountdown\" data-react-props=\"", $xppage)[1];
+$xpage = str_replace( "&quot;", '"', explode("\" data-react-cache-id=\"HomepageCountdown-0\"", $apage)[0] );
+$xpage = json_decode($xpage);
+echo "<script>var vvdate = \"$xpage->date\";</script>";
+</PHP>
 <JS>
 var ldopts = {hour: '2-digit', minute:'2-digit'};
-launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 15:36:02 -0400');
+//launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 15:36:02 -0400');
+//launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 16:43:39 -0400');
+launch_date = new Date(vvdate);
 document.getElementById('cet').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' CET';
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()-1);
-document.getElementById('bst').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' BST';
+document.getElementById('bst').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' GMT';
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()-5);
-document.getElementById('edt').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' EDT';
+document.getElementById('edt').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' ET';
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()-3);
-document.getElementById('pdt').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' PDT';
+document.getElementById('pdt').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' PT';
-launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 15:36:02 -0400');
+//launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 16:43:39 -0400');
+launch_date = new Date(vvdate);
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+8);
-document.getElementById('awst').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' AWST '+rfdate(launch_date);
+document.getElementById('awst').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' AWT '+rfdate(launch_date);
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+2);
-document.getElementById('aest').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' AEST '+rfdate(launch_date);
+document.getElementById('aest').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' AET '+rfdate(launch_date);
 launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+6);
@@ Line 44: / Line 56: @@
 {{:blog:articles:science:mars202countdown.png?nolink&200|}}
-[[blog:articles:general:martian_weird_spring|Martian Spring Weirdness]] | [[blog:articles:general:orbital_shenanigans|Orbital Shenanigans]] | [[:blog:articles:info:mars_solar_conjunction|Mars Solar Conjunctions]] | [[:blog:aardvaark:mars_weather|Mars Weather]]
+[[blog:articles:general:orbital_shenanigans|Orbital Shenanigans]] | [[:blog:articles:info:mars_solar_conjunction|Mars Solar Conjunctions]] | [[:blog:aardvaark:mars_weather|Mars Weather]]
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