Just wanted to say: the landing was not only a fantastic technical achievement, but this video was a brilliant piece of public communication.

Watching this 5 years later, and it still seems insane. Amazing.

@asdf-asdf

6 жыл бұрын

Can confirm. After 6 years it's still amazing.

@Yash-wh8xd

4 жыл бұрын

@@asdf-asdf Can confirm. After 7 years it's still amazing.

@sharmilarapeti8039

3 жыл бұрын

8 years later

@genelomas332

3 жыл бұрын

Watching this 2 weeks before Perseverance lands, with my 6 and a half year old daughter, who wasn't even born in 2012.. Can they go 2-for-2..? Let's find out..

@conorwatters3474

3 жыл бұрын

Nine years later, still relevant. Found this from NASA APOD. Reshared in light of the Perseverance landing in 2021.

Curiosity still going strong after TEN YEARS! Keep going Curiosity

The video should be 7 minutes long.

Sky Crane once again worked like a master piece. Total abgefahren. Your video, by the way, truly is a work of art.

Human ingenuity at work. When you cut through all the bullshit in our society. You can still see that sometimes, we rock :).

@NickSine

3 жыл бұрын

Well said, I hope they invite me someday

@tehdusto

3 жыл бұрын

If we do not destroy ourselves we will one day venture to the stars.

@techmedok

3 жыл бұрын

Ingenuity ! Name of Helicopter to Mars aboard perseverance... Time Traveller !!! (8 Years Ago😂)

@ANGEL-eh6pd

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickSine You can sign up for the next mission to Mars on the NASA site vollunteerily. I signed up already.. There are already a over 20 million people worldwide signed up. Good luck.

@ANGEL-eh6pd

2 жыл бұрын

@@tehdusto Sign up for the next missions to Mars on the NASA site. There are already 20 million people signed up with me included. Good luck.

It was an outrageous idea, and even more outrageously couragous to have been accepted as how it was to be done. It shows just how skilled and ingenious the engineers at NASA are, that they could conceive of something so daring, and yet pull it off. Bloody good job!

They should have called this rover "Complexity" ;)

God, I love engineers.

@earthalienzapa3237

3 жыл бұрын

Some day they learn how to change gravity in areas on Earth. Just think your weight 30 pounds as a man.

@NickSine

3 жыл бұрын

Mmmhmmm...

@iwashereabout2383

3 жыл бұрын

I'm on my way to be one and dream to work at JPL. Adam Steltzner, wait for me I'mma come. (Steltzner is my favourite btw)

Image just sitting on the surface of Mars, when all of a sudden, you see this whole event go down in front of you. This is truly amazing.

@Zopdoz

9 жыл бұрын

Manchester Hall That would be a beautiful experience man!!

@Sprottel_SFM

5 жыл бұрын

Imgine sitting on earth and seeing an alien craft perform the exact same maneuver

5 years later, this video is still amazing, Thank you JPL for demonstrating humanity's ingenuity and drive to "Dare (and do) mighty things"

@That70sGuitarist

6 жыл бұрын

The real challenge, of course, will be getting people there alive, and keeping them alive once they're there. Mars is a very inhospitable planet, but we could learn so much there, including clues to a possible future for our own beautiful, blue and green planet. Something hit Mars really hard approximately 2.5 Billion years ago, creating the North polar depression scientists used to think was a sea bed; what it actually turned out to be was the site of a colossal impact that blew away most of young Mars' atmosphere, as well as a very large area of its crust and mantle, exposing the molten core to the cold of outer space. This caused the core to cool down, slow down and eventually solidify, thereby robbing young Mars of its electromagnetic shield, as well as rendering it geologically dead. The Martian surface still has many very small, highly localised remnants of its once large, Earth-like electromagnetic shield. This sequence of events would have destroyed all but the hardiest of life forms there, not that young Mars (which is about the same age as our own beautiful planet) had been around long enough to develop any higher life forms. If we ever do find any traces of life there, it will probably be tiny and live below the surface. Still, what I wouldn't give to be one of the first humans to land there and conduct research on Earth's nearest thing to a twin!

@MarioSergioSantosOliveira

7 ай бұрын

😮😮😮

Still one of the most gripping NASA/JPL videos I've ever seen--visuals, music, engineer comments. Thanks.

2 days until Perseverance lands and this is still nuts to watch. Still can’t believe we did something like this years ago

Nothing but the utmost respect & admiration for the folks that pulled this off, bloody fucking amazing !!!!! Inspiring work for future engineers & scientists !

Who's here after perseverance landing on Mars. Feb 2021

I never tire of this video. Seriously. While room-temperature-IQ folks might not appreciate this, I do. If schooling wasn't so boring-as-hell, I'd be an engineer. (I have the mind of one.) And if I wasn't currently working so damned many hours (which results in depleted energy, requiring sleep within reduced offtime hours, precluding available time for schooling of any kind), I'd take online classes. To all the EDL (and all the other) engineers, good job! And the video kicks butt. I even have the video saved on backups. If you don't like this video, check your pulse.

@Manuelomar2001

9 жыл бұрын

It is truly astounding. Also, are you the Robert Buettner that wrote the Jason Wander books? They were excellent.

@robertbuettner5691

9 жыл бұрын

No, that's a different RB. I'm a maintenance man at a cookie factory in Tulsa. Yeah, I googled my own name, and there are several of us. :-)

@Manuelomar2001

9 жыл бұрын

Oh. Well, your name has a prestigious record. If you decide to check out his books, I'm sure he wouldn't mind that your names are the same. :)

@robertbuettner5691

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment. I just hope I eventually have more spare time to engage in additional reading. Been working quite a bit, even on most weekends. At least I enjoy my job....and that's good, because I spend inordinate amounts of time at it.

@argentum3919

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Buettner You can do the next best thing and go to mars, they are looking for people like you.

I had no idea of the complexity of landing the rover on Mars. Truly amazing.

Freaking amazing that this worked perfectly twice in a row. Very well done video. The producer, editor, musician, etc. did a fantastic job.

Should have been a seven minute video...

@nineball039

3 жыл бұрын

7 minutes of blackout. not possible to record.

More than one year after its successful landing, the EDL sequence still looks insane! To the many scientists and engineers at NASA who worked on this project, GREAT JOB!!

Chills down my spine for five minutes straight. This is absolutely amazing.

This reminds me of when I get my kids off to school each day.

To describe this feat of engineering "impressive" doesn't quite cover it. Amazing! So glad we have these brilliant people working together on this achievement.

11 years later tomorrow! I'm still amazed.

Who's here after Perseverance landed on Mars? Dare mighty things 💪

This is absolutely nuts, and its brilliant

This will always be the best video explanation of landing a probe on Mars !

Wait, they can do all that without the use of Jebediah??

@pauldbk99

10 жыл бұрын

Strange, huh?

@mikeking596

5 жыл бұрын

They used Mechjeb to plan it out in advance and execute.

@imendez8749

5 жыл бұрын

And the seven minutes are because they are using a Communotron 16

Hey from 2021, and the rover is landed

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, this is the previous rover, Curiosity! But the principles are the same, so no problem )

5 years later this curious little guy still going strong! Says volumes of the quality of engineering and technology you guys put into a rover (even with a tight budget, oh well not gonna open that can of worms). Hope I can work for you guys one day......

Almost three years to the day since this video went up, it has about 2.2 million views. Last week, a video showing two women in a trashy cat fight at some Walmart store was posted and it has more than 6 million views. Sigh...

@kosoul2k11

7 жыл бұрын

Facts, there are too many people interested in BS than they are in real innovations

@kaci7129

7 жыл бұрын

can you give me the link to that

@mohammaddwikat9957

6 жыл бұрын

well what do you say about a song that hit 3 billion views in couple of days

@GabrielTrosell

6 жыл бұрын

Love this comment..

@user-vv9wk9gx9l

5 жыл бұрын

This is one more reason why we haven't towns on Mars yet.

Still gives me chills to watch the complexity of this undertaking.

Perfect example of "Your Destiny isn't out there waiting for you, your Destiny is what you decide Now!"

Indians are always present in nasa! Feeling proud😃

This is so very much by far the most awesome thing that has ever existed by a large margin. The absolute insanity of engineering that goes in to this is so ridiculous, there are no words.

Watching this 8 years later; and it still insane and amazing 💖

Space Exploration and discovery is so intriguing. So complicated and endless yet you learn so much. I believe we have what it takes to nail this mission. It all depends on if we made the right moves now that the Rover is on its own course into Mars atmosphere. (This coming from the mind of a 16 year old) THUMBS IF YOU ARE WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM!

"When we first get word that we've touched the top of the atmosphere, the vehicle has been alive or dead on the surface for at least seven minutes." It's Schrödinger's Rover !

Ignoring all the comments below, this is just awesome. These people worked hard to get this rover on Mars. Their tears of joy made it even better. To see your hard work pay off, that's the best feeling in the world. But there is still a lot of work for these people. Nice job, humanity.

That was a really great depiction of the tension as well as the complexity of off-world deployments. Very well done, all! I was totally riveted. And it still applies to Perseverance today!

Nice work, again.

red rover red rover, send the live webstream right over!

Man, I was biting my nails, and I had just started following 17 minutes prior, but these guys have been waiting over a year for touchdown. These guys have nerves of steel. Congratulations NASA.

Ten years later STILL AMAZING!

extreme engineering..... flattered

"In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." -- Orson Welles (1919-85)

DARE MIGHTY THINGS indeed! This kind of video draws me right into the narrative, and shows me - clearly - what the excitement is all about. Loved it! Very well done JPL team!

It's sick. Well-done! From 13 000 miles/hour to a beautiful touchdown on the Martian surface. That 7 minutes really determined the fate of of the rover!

AYYYYYYYYY THEY DID IT AGAIN 🤩🤩🤩

So, we doing this again tomorrow or what?

So many cool ideas and great engineering! In military parachuting, an equipment jump involves releasing all the heavy stuff you're carrying on a tether so it hits first, relieving the parachute of some of the weight it's carrying and allowing the jumper to land more safely. I'll bet there's any number of former military jumpers on this team.

Man, I remember watching this land 6 years ago. Good job.

I want to see what happens if skycrane slams back to the parachute.

@chasarr

8 жыл бұрын

+Gaurav Ghosh Hehe, only in Kerbal Space Program...

@gauravghosh3421

8 жыл бұрын

Charlie Ringström HHAHAHA

I'd love to know what the music is in the soundtrack of this.

@nicholashylton6857

6 жыл бұрын

The music was created specifically for the video by musician, John Beck-Hoffman. It is called (surprise, surprise), "7 Minutes of Terror." kzread.info/dash/bejne/fn9q17l_nJexm7g.html&feature=plcp

@ayushkhandelwal9382

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholashylton6857 it sounds heavily inspired by "Mind Heist" from the trailer of Inception

Congratts to the entire team in all 7 countries who contributed to this amazing mission. You are all rock stars in my mind. Tomorrow when you wake up...push your chests out in pride. You deserve much more than a pat on the back, but please accept my humble THANK-YOU. "DARE MIGHTY THINGS"

Manly tears have been shed. Manly hugs have been had.

Though I really enjoyed this and found it fascinating, I really don't understand why they had to add the overly dramatic music in the background and the huge dramatic pauses, just do it like any normal documentary.

@belot217

8 жыл бұрын

akuffo96 Most of us Americans can't handle anythinh unless it's served to us on a flashy, dramatic platter.

@BreakDown1996

8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Bell Aha yea, still great though.

@belot217

8 жыл бұрын

Indeed, and really though this video didn't come across as trying to be too sensationalizing.

@ZigSputnik

8 жыл бұрын

+Edmarie Kyle It is a big leap but not as big as the very first Mars landing in 1976, which most people seem to have forgotten about.

I still can't believe all of that worked. Brilliant! But I am curious why they went with such an elaborate system. The bouncing inflatable ball cage seemed to work well for other Mars missions?

@WeaselLevelDesign

7 жыл бұрын

The simple reason is that this time, they sent a rover the size of a car, not the size of an RC car :)

@TalhaMir7

7 жыл бұрын

Is there a animation of the bouncing inflatable ball cage system like this one? Seems really interesting!

@WeaselLevelDesign

7 жыл бұрын

There is! Search for "spirit opportunity rover landing animation"

@TalhaMir7

7 жыл бұрын

Can't believe I was stupid enough to not type that before! Just saw it! Seems like such a strange concept! haha

@WeaselLevelDesign

7 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah! But hey, it worked twice :)

I can't stop watching this video. This is amazing work done by creative, brilliant minds. Thank you, JPL and NASA.

It's videos like this that make me sit back and think of ways I can better myself to make contributions as monumental as this one. Achievements like this must be revered for people to find it in themselves to push themselves even further and achieve great things. Not just in the realm of science, but in other aspects as well.

Not many things send me into a "USA! USA!" chant, but this is one of them.

Man my face has a cramp on both sides from grinning so much. That was awesome to watch the live feed from the control room at JPL. GREAT JOB ALL to everyone was was involved. And remember what that guy said from the live feed: Tomorrow when you all wake up, thrust your chests out in pride because we did it! :)

I had to watch this for a field trip I was having and after watching it I learned a lot I am so glad I decided to go on this field trip

congrats to nasa, i watched the whole thing live and it's amazing that everything went perfectly. it just shows how much dedication they've put into it.

@freddysmul3989

Жыл бұрын

Genios

EXCELLENT, amazing job-technology but very informative video too. THANK you all. CONGRATULATIONS!..

At times like this I put aside my misanthropic thinking and feel proud to be apart of humanity although I'll never do anything as great as this. This is thanks to NASA and a few great minds from other groups who seek to advance forward. I find that truly honourable.

That was the best landing I have ever watched. The images are great, too! Congratulations to everyone who worked on this and made it a success!

Wow. I had no idea how complex the landing actually was. I salute the engineers who designed all that.

Everyone who does good things in the world has contributed towards this. We should all be proud to take this step forward together. Beautiful .

The women and men at JPL are my heroes. The work that they do and the dedication they have are very inspirational to me.

Crazy brilliant! This video never gets old.

No matter how many times I watch this, it's freaking amazing that it happened.

I just read the book by Curiositys Chief Engineer, fantastic. I never get sick of watching this , incredible stuff.

This actually brings a tear to my eye... I am in awe.

Was cheering and clapping right along with them on the webcast right when they announced "Curiosity is SAFE ON MARS!!", all the engineers must feel so good to know that their eight years of work is safe and functional, congrats NASA!

This could have gone wrong in so many different ways and still the engineers made it. Congratulations!

Indeed.. the part that makes it sink in for me is, after seeing everything that had to go perfectly, thinking to myself "And it WORKED!" Amazing.

So glad to hear that from Qatar. We hope more people from your region would participate and collaborate in this kind of endeavor to make it more international!

was clearing my old bookmarks and landed here.. Always fun to watch! :)

Exactly...I completely agree to your point...People like you prove yet again why its very important to think global

Watching the magic in 2020 for the Perseverance rover this time! Good luck JPL.

8 years and still making history

Congratulations!!! A monumental task achieved. We're proud of you.

I don't know why but there are tears in my eyes right not! People are freaking amazing!

Congratulations to all humanity for coming up with this idea and successfully making it come true. We have come a long way since past century.

New problems to solve and all the options to choose from? This looks so fun and enjoyable.

This is so beautiful in so many ways...

Amazing. Thank you for sharing how the Rover was landed on Mars.

...rock stars of technology! Simply amazing.

this is divine inspiration folks...pure engineering at its best!

Truly--this is a monumental achievement for our country and the world! Lives of Style is all about the best-of-the-best around the globe. We will expand our coverage now to give major kudos to NASA and Curiosity! A milestone that will go down in history!!! Way to go! We are so proud of this major achievement!

To boldly go where no one has gone before, is not merely an American Dream, but a human dream. It's moments like this that make me proud to be human.

I'm so glad i understand the engineering that went in making this happen. Fells good to know something that all commenters don't know.

hard to believe this was a year ago. Simply amazing.

Watching it just less than a week before Perseverance landing! I get motivation from this video

Congratulations NASA on such an amazing job well done. Im blown away at the complexity of all this. Please give us some HD video of the surface soon.

One word - BRILLIANT.

I watched this 100 times and it still blows my mind

This is un-firkin-believable! In abstract, just hearing it was done, this mission is amazing. To hear the details of how it was achieved... wow.

Big Hello, from @AstroGate ... days before live-streaming the Percy EDL with Arabic Commentary ... Good Luck NASA, Good Luck JPL!