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--- blog:aardvaark:perseverancerover:mission_status [2021/02/16 10:37] – created Phil Ide
+++ blog:aardvaark:perseverancerover:mission_status [2021/02/25 11:01] – Phil Ide
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 ~~NOCACHE~~
 ====== Mission Status ======
-<html><iframe src="/mars/countdown.php" width=820 height=370px scrolling='no' frameborder='0'></iframe></html>
+<html><iframe src="/mars/countdown.php" width=820 height=270px 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 (times and countdown timer based on NASA's timer):\\
+Perserverance has now landed successfully, and the clock is now counting mission time.
-  * **Feb 18th 2021**.
-  * <html><span id=cet></span></html>
-  * <html><span id=bst></span></html>
-  * <html><span id=edt></span></html>
-  * <html><span id=pdt></span></html>
-  * <html><span id=awst></span></html>
-  * <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.
+**Watch this page for updated information as we move beyond landing**
-<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($xpage);
-$xpage = '{"date":"2021-02-18 14:43:00"}';
-echo "<script>var vvdate = \"$xpage->date\";</script>";
-*/
-</PHP>
-<JS>
-var vvdate = '2021-02-18 16:43:39 -0400';
-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 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()+' GMT';
-launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()-5);
-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()+' PT';
-//launch_date = new Date('2021-02-18 16:43:39 -0400');
+The rover landed about a kilometre off-centre of its landing zone, and about 2km from the base of the cliffs at the edge of the silt fan (part of the influx delta complex). The provisional location is Long/Lat 77.4508E / 18.4446N (this will be updated when NASA release full details).
-launch_date = new Date(vvdate);
-launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+8);
-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()+' AET '+rfdate(launch_date);
-launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+6);
-document.getElementById('hkt').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' HKT '+rfdate(launch_date);
-function rfdate( d ){
- var mo = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { month: 'short' }).format(d);
- var da = new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', { day: '2-digit' }).format(d);
- return mo+' '+da;
-}
-</JS>
-Watch this page for updated information as we move closer to and beyond launch.
 Thumbnail to help Facebook:\\
 {{:blog:articles:science:mars202countdown.png?nolink&200|}}
-[[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]] | [[blog:aardvaark:perseverancerover:seven_mins|7 Minutes of Terror]]
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