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--- blog:aardvaark:perseverancerover:mission_status [2021/02/16 10:37] – created Phil Ide
+++ blog:aardvaark:perseverancerover:mission_status [2021/03/13 10:18] (current) – 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). <del>The provisional location is <del>77.4508E / 18.4446N</del>\\
-launch_date = new Date(vvdate);
+ \\
-launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+8);
+**Location:** 77.45088572E / 18.44462715N
-document.getElementById('awst').innerHTML = launch_date.toLocaleTimeString([],ldopts).toLowerCase()+' AWT '+rfdate(launch_date);
-launch_date.setHours(launch_date.getHours()+2);
+The landing site has been designated as the **Octavia E. Butler Landing**.
-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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