Perseverance Has Landed

Well, that was exciting. I actually took my lunch hour yesterday so that I could watch the Perseverance land on Mars.

And I was impressed. Lots of tension…lots of nervous chatter…explanations of what was going on…and then applause.

While all the engineers and technicians were wearing masks, there was a lot of social interaction going on and very little social distancing.

It was really nice to see.

And then in what I considered a very quick turn around, we got our first image of the lander on Mars. Pretty cool that it included the lander’s own shadow.

Kinda like an outer space selfie.

Views from Beyond the Gate #131 | Perseverance Has Landed