Comments on: Rover update: The rovers are coming! The rovers are coming! https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/rover-update-the-rovers-are-coming-the-rovers-are-coming/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/rover-update-the-rovers-are-coming-the-rovers-are-coming/#comment-1111255 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 07:30:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73154#comment-1111255 Robert wrote: “Though it is already in orbit around Mars on the Tianwen-1 orbiter, it will not land until late April, as it is necessary to do further reconnaissance beforehand with the orbiter of the rover’s landing site.”

This is consistent with America’s first Mars landers, the Vikings. They remained in orbit while the orbiters examined the surface for good landing sites. The original thinking was to land Viking 1 on Independence Day, but it took them a couple weeks longer than expected to find a good site for it.

]]> By: Jeff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/rover-update-the-rovers-are-coming-the-rovers-are-coming/#comment-1111111 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 11:16:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=73154#comment-1111111 I have been eyeing those cliffs also, enjoying the images provided by the wizards on UMSF. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the updates.

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