JPL and the Space Age: Landing on Mars

[@wmffmw]

I worked on Curiosity at JPL. Was a good feeling when the rover landed successfully! I designed PCB hardware (PYRO FIRE BOARDS) that controlled the explosive bolts that operated to deploy elements of the spacecraft during EDL.

[@mackjack1507]

..Well, Let Me Be NOT The First To Say U Did An OUTSTANDING JOB!!😏 THE WHOLE CREW DID!!🏅 IM SURE THE "GOVENATOR" HAD BIG WORDS OF PRAISE FOR EVERYONES AMAZING WORK. .AND TRUTH BE TOLD U PROBABLY DID THIS THRU SLEEPLESS NIGHTS,🥱 FOLLOWED BY SLEEPLESS DAYS,🥱 IM SURE..NO ONE COULD REST TILL THE ROVERS WERE UP AN RUNNING ON ALL 6! . .THATS THE WAY THINGS BECOME WHEN U PUT UR HEART INTO THEM. . UV'E SHOWN WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE JOB DONE--N ♠️'S !! A GRATEFUL PLANET😎 THANKS ALL OF U👍🙋 U HAD US💃🕺💃🕺 RIGHT ALONG WITH U😏 AND WE THANK U..👍🙋

[@mackjack1507]

..Couldnt Have Said It Better Myself!!👍🤣

[@mcpacho1]

@@mackjack1507 uuuu hi uô

[@WSallai]

🎉That is quite an accomplishment! Congratulations 👏. I worked with a Software Engineer for a Japanese/American microchip manufacturing equipment supplier and he wrote all of the code for our Systems. He had worked at JPL also in the late sixties through early seventies where he wrote code for Voyager missions. Every time we saw something in the movies, like Star Trek, or saw something in the news about these now Interstellar Space Craft, I think of him. He was quite proud of his part in sending them off into the Cosmos.

[@zabrzanka100]

@@mackjack1507 jejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejejeje avec EM.PRAWDZIWYM

[@chrisbelos2834]

JPL and the space age is one of my favorite docu series ever. to see everything that goes behind the curtain is truly awesome. Thank you JPL

[@SpartanNat]

Another installment in the best space-related series on KZbin. There’s nothing like JPL uploading another installment of JPL and the Space Age, especially in time for the holiday break.

[@petercoghlan2384]

Ì,

[@Bitchslapper316]

It was better the first time 15 years ago

[@carlsmith5545]

The mighty United States of America can spend billions and billions of dollars to build a rocket to boldly go where no man has gone before and yet they still can't build highspeed bullet trains which is something the mighty United States of America should of had decades ago.

[@Half-CockedG]

Homemade documentaries is better

[@vasupatel8924]

@@Half-CockedG lol

[@davidhumphreys8390]

It was my great honor to have been a Member of Technical Staff and then a Technical Group Supervisor at JPL in the 1970s.

[@nilo70]

I worked on the Mars Viking II mission at JPL. I worked up on “ Cardiac Hill “ making things in the SFOF and for the DSN . I’m 70 years old now , but it was the Best Job Ive ever had. The lander performed perfectly, the special Facsimile Camera images ( my department ) of the surface were clear and amazing and the Life detection experiment said there either was , or still was life there . I was stoked ! The Honest Truth is , I would have worked there for Free ! I knew what I was doing was important and would change the world. I was right .

[@JarrodLaws]

Thank you!🚀

[@brentwalker3300]

Thanks for your contribution. It takes so many talented people to make these missions a reality.

[@0xhiro]

Thank you so much for your contribution. Btw did y'all write the software in C? 🤯

[@thomasdodge5017]

I totally agree with you. I have always loved working at JPL and I am trying to get back there now. I did work with the DSN years ago, and more recently with Mars 2020 and with NISAR. An awesome place.

[@shimudeluxe]

these docus are really really good. no artificial drama needed to make spaceflight exiting to watch

[@grandstand3294]

It literally starts with an artificial drama anthropomorphizing the planet Mars. "Death planet" "It's taunting earth" "JPL took up the dare"

[@ajcook7777]

@@grandstand3294 Shimudeluxe is talking about the type of voice/narration, not which words were used. Some narrator a long time ago completely ruined all future narration by using intonation and inflection on EVERY SINGLE WORD and it completely ruins the narration. This guy just speaks normally, which is tolerable

[@doctorcrichton]

Yeah. I exited real quick after reading your comment.

[@joshuadowdle9691]

@@ajcook7777 How do you know they were talking about the narration? Artificial drama could be inserted into voice, script, music, visuals, etc.

[@vmtvrealrmradio7779]

beep laugh out loud at landing on Mars teee heee heee beep -robby09

[@jakebroz9116]

These people are at the cutting edge of human scientific capabilities. It's fascinating to watch all the moving parts come together to work.

[@PBeringer]

Blaine Baggett is an absolute documentary making machine! But he makes films SO much more compelling and deep in scope than "machine" implies. My God, I've loved every one of these recent JPL documentaries. The amount of offline editing and trawling through archives that must be involved is a monumental achievement on its own; and it simply blows my mind. And it's such a special thing that JPL had cameras rolling almost permanently around the lab, or we wouldn't be able to feel anywhere near as "close" to its atmosphere, culture and achievements, etc. Brilliant work! Love, from Australia.

[@nickfosterxx]

Seconded. Having only recently discovered this series, I'm astounded at how fast these are being released. Can't wait for more - and realising there's so much to be said. Would love to see a partner series on all the technical problems and how they were solved, and conversely from a management perspective, on keeping the teams motivated and the different 'factions' such as engineering and science, harmonious.

[@swanee327]

These documentaries are great! My soul has been missing this. I know its not in JPLs job description, but a series about the ISS construction would be cool. No ones done hardly anything about it... And if there's any way i would want to relive and learn about ISS again, its how these documentaries have been presented and made. Great job JPL! :)

[@sloggiz]

it’s quite amazing to have these exceptional documentaries available for everyone free of charge! thanks a lot for sharing them!

[@sergiopascale3487]

Am in awe with the amazing intelligence & ability of every single human brain behind this mission...the pioneering legacy of this people to humankind will forever be remembered as we continually explore the vast universe.

[@geomodelrailroader]

It was an amazing mission when we sent Spirit and Oppy to Mars they lasted longer than any rover we sent. Rest in Peace Spirit and Oppy and Thank You!

[@s1nb4d59]

JPL Studios you rock,and Neil Ross for his lovely narration.

[@nattankress]

Please keep making these documentaries, they're really inspiring and have helped me deal with end of semester burnout.

[@speedball1919]

Keep these docs coming JPL Thanks, from all us space nerds.

[@alanmcrae8594]

This what you get when you empower the best of the best to plan & execute a bold mission of planetary exploration. And it was great to see them handle the technical problems with the discipline & collaboration necessary to overcome the unexpected and recover to normal science operations as originally planned. JPL is simply the best. Congrats to everyone who made all this happen!

[@JamesHawkeYouTube]

lol. it's all fake. ;)

[@davechristensen2482]

@@JamesHawkeKZbin yep.

[@srddrs9285]

Funny you actually believe the deceit.

[@grahamwatson2031]

@@JamesHawkeKZbinMuppet.

[@Voyager_AU]

Sweet, I love this series!

[@s1nb4d59]

Love the narrator and the way this team put everything together,no cheap animations ect,just excellence.

[@TimPerfetto]

@@s1nb4d59 Ohhhhhhh god bless you for loving the narrator and god bless your hearing because without being able to hear you wouldnt know wtf was going on and god bless the narrator and god bless the non-cheap animations and god bless you for liking thing like my cat he likes to eat his hair so god bless cats and god bless god for giving cats hair so they can survive on their hair when nobody feeds them

[@TimPerfetto]

@@s1nb4d59 Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhh

[@s1nb4d59]

@@TimPerfetto I seriously hope the doctors are prescribing you with the correct medication. 8)

[@TimPerfetto]

@@s1nb4d59 God bless you for caring if I need medication and god bless doctors for being able to help people and god bless god for not making my life so horrible that I need medication but if I did god bless medication

[@alencosic3765]

My son was two years old when we watched this landing animation, now he's in college. For me it feels like yesterday

[@claudethibaudeau2714]

This was absolutely an opening into new discoveries for the future. I remember the news when they said that we were now on Mars and I was literally at awe that humans can accomplish such a feat.

[@jamesrussell7760]

It is just such triumphs as these which make me very proud of humanity, for when we work together there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

[@krazybubbler]

JPL produces best space documentaries. Thank You! Awesome serie!

[@twisterwiper]

Wow, I can’t wait for this. I was so fascinated with the Voyager documentary they did some time ago. Loved it!

[@wk8219]

Around the 45 minute mark when it talks about the software problem I literally busted out laughing when the trick to solving the problem was essentially, rewriting the boot sector. I can’t tell you how many times I had to do that on computers in the early 2000s. It’s nice to know I wasn’t the only one. :-)

[@vikramanand4723]

I like the humility in this video, landing on Mars is no joke and we won't succeed all the time

[@AffectiveApe]

Hey! I am not sure who is charge of keeping the folks who made this on the payroll, but please for gods sake give them a raise and have them keep going!!!

[@TarisRedwing]

I LOVE these long form documentaries.

[@cliffb1]

Another masterpiece. Thank you, JPL. Keep them coming! 👍👍👍

[@skeelo69]

Wow ! Amazing documentary !

[@FredPlanatia]

A really well done documentary conveying both the excitement and anguish of exploration. Thankyou!

[@thedosaguygg3710]

Beautiful !!!! Nothing short of it.

[@jasonc8307]

Look at all these brilliant ppl, I am so proud and I didn't do anything. I'm just happy to see all these ppl from all over the earth come together and do this. I wish I could have done something like this with my life.... Big hugs

[@joestodola9908]

Most emotional and enjoyed documentary. Thank you!!!

[@everythingspace6490]

This was awesome thanks for this.

[@geode8556]

Just 💘 it all! Why isn't this being played on the major networks? It should! I love and thank you all at JPL & NASA.💘 💘 💘 💘 💘 The past 10 years, I was giving up hope on this country. You make me proud again to be an American. You gave me hope, Obi-wan Kenobi Thank you!

[@tmo4330]

I believe I have given up hope as well. It bothers me that there is all this talk about sending man to Mars soon when we can't even go beyond 400 miles up now. (Mars is 38,000,000 miles away at its closest point). I just don't understand?

[@bikkyghaisai7692]

Is America a great country: Yes Would I as a European live in it: NO. The reasons are the mentality of superficial contacts, the verbal agressive culture, and the reasons how Americans destroyed nice city blocks into 10 lane highways, lacking old shopping streets, and only large parking lots with to much lane roads and unsustainable numer of cars everywhere. It is not safe for kids to go by themselves to school, and it is not safe for adults to bike to say a shop nearby.

[@tmo4330]

@@bikkyghaisai7692 True! I was shocked when I visited Chez Republic. People are honest. People walk without fear. The quality of life seems better there. I was raised being told America is the greatest country in the world. In reality, it's a den of thieves over here.

[@geslik_1559]

Mainstream is very busy feeding us with lies..thats why.😎

[@yiy3429]

America is greater because of these guys. Kudos!

[@cydniedonat7635]

NASA absorbed JPL because they did not have actual ROCKET SCIENTISTS to build all those Satelites that carried probes that to this day after decades are still reporting information back to earth. I for one want to thank all of you at JPL for being so precise and building machines that have brought us magic. Magic in the form of images and data that has taught us so much about other planets and moons, we otherwise would still not know much about. There are no words for you're devotion to your sciences. ❤

[@vmwindustries]

That was absolutely 💯 amazing 👏. Thanks to all of you for your hard work! The world loves you all!

[@classic_sci_fi]

This series is good at describing just how many close calls there were.

[@ismaelgonzalez2552]

Thank you very much I would love to meet someone that worked with this project someday and feel recall all the feelings that went through us when seeing this happen thank you again 👍

[@RCR72]

Thanks for the amazing work JPL

[@gollem148]

I can’t wait for the curiosity documentary whenever that comes out! It’ll have to be another 2-part series with how advanced it is.

[@cannonfodder4376]

A nice capstone to a wonderful series. Wonderfully informative and uplifting and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year JPL! I look forward to more to come and wish good luck on future endeavors.

[@gottogo8675]

Earth is not a spinning ball and space is fake . Look for yourself

[@dy6682]

Against the backdrop of the endless universe, our efforts to Mars is such a hugh small step but amazing human initiative to accomplish this.

[@jamesascher8147]

this just fills my heart to the brim

[@coryspeer3327]

Patience practice can be such a struggle.all thanks wonderful.vondavar

[@ralph411]

This was an incredible documentary

[@TropicalCoder]

I watched it all - from start to finish, in real time back then. Spent hours pouring over images as they came in. Read the daily reports. So interesting looking back on this now, in retrospect. Even as I write, my desktop background is a large landscape of Mars - from Curiosity, I think. Once in a while I gaze it it, and imagine I am standing there on Mars. When I was a child I read The Martin Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, and before that Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars. I am pretty much done with Mars now, having come to the conclusion that it is a harsh, endless barren desert, monotonously desolate.

[@JarrodLaws]

did you put your name on the cd's that both rovers carried?

[@TropicalCoder]

@@JarrodLaws Not sure now. I was well aware of it. Perhaps I did.

[@notabot7238]

Now we wait 2 decades for this series to continue. Perseverance, Europa Clipper, Psyche, NEO Surveyor, Dragonfly, and Mars Sample Return.

[@mocko69]

JPL documentaries>>>

[@robertsmooth6339]

JPL and the Space Age: Landing on Mars -NASA proof that nothing is impossible and our Engineer when beyond to discover a far red planet with our advanace rovers for mission for mankind. Now we leave Opportunity and Spirit surviving a long journey mission to discover a Red planet call Mars... Extraordinary Engineers Thank You for impossible

[@Maxvellua]

Thank you so much for these documentaries you are doing at JPL!

[@whirledpeas3477]

To me JPL means smart people doing great things, or great people doing smart things. I love it either way.

[@andyyefimovich2815]

Superb film! Thank you so much!

[@letingrad]

And to know that JPL was created because a group of people started to make rockets and NASA just hired them and let then just do it is so awesome!

[@tullyfisher]

Super interesting. Thank for sharing this JPL!

[@dutchhoke6555]

Exciting to revisit this event relative to subsequent and current endeavors. Nice program.

[@Bluedot1]

"Space age" Red planet , Thank you JPL

[@friendo760]

I so enjoyed watching this.

[@caseyeldridge9354]

Is this the same guy who narrated the Nova PBS episodes Mars Dead or Alive and Welcome to Mars? His voice sounds really familiar.

[@TheStockwell]

Neil Ross, himself - a genuine master of his craft.

[@spacexelonmuskusa]

*What a nail-biting journey! The 6 minutes of terror, technical hiccups, and intense teamwork... this truly shows the heart and soul of space exploration. Spirit & Opportunity’s success wasn’t just about the tech, but the resilience and drive of every single person involved. What’s your favorite Mars mission moment?*

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

I've got to ask. Why is the channel now monetized to where we're seeing ads played in the middle of the video about every 10 minutes? If that's the case who's making the money because KZbin has to pay you to advertise over your content. The last time I checked JPL is a government-funded research facility for NASA. As much as I like to pretend that they're an independent agency they are not. So who's receiving the funds from the advertisement Revenue and how does this work?

[@MrChappy39]

Seeing the exaltation of the techs moving the rover off the lander reminds me of my first parallel parking episode.

[@andrewgarley1400]

Beautifully presented

[@salih1012]

Every Time Goosebumps ❤‍🔥

[@chippysteve4524]

Inspiring. I wonder how many people have decided to become astronauts or rocket scientists as a result of these 2 missions.

[@EpicRobloxianReal]

Merry Christmas JPL!!

[@Life_42]

Amazing documentary!

[@7kidvid]

It was amazing, I remember this clearly, the elation, going where no one has gone before, elation. They were robots, I miss them. My robot friends on Mars.

[@jeevanandhvijay]

Awesome documentary

[@Lumber91]

Did I just spend a hour watching this, maybe, was it worth it? Yes

[@nickfosterxx]

Makes sports seem so trivial in comparison.

[@FortisKnight]

To calculate the timing of commands that control when to activate the pyrotechnic events to allow successful landing of the rovers would have been the cause of intense stress, intense pressure, and then to finally essentially say: yes, these calculations are correct, and the time to transmit this data to our spacecraft is....... now! Then the execute button is pressed, commands are transmitted. Then the highly educated and expertly trained and thoroughly tested staff are reduced to a sweating, pacing, heart bonding group all trying to intensely avoid thinking those two most terrifying words: “What if?” And success! A fantastic level of calculation, planning, and determination. Not many could accomplish this.

[@your_average_joe5781]

Where is a documentary on the Perseverance rover?? We need an update!!

[@dr.vijayanraju3656]

Beautiful.... Thank you

[@markbass_trojanthinking]

First live screening so to speak👍🏾👍Merry Christmas and seasonal Greetings 🎉

[@markbass_trojanthinking]

thank you

[@saritareddydonthi1432]

Awesome congrats team for you amazing work and precision!

[@Kamil_O]

amazing story, people working at nasa are heroes

[@SuperJuntax]

"Dear mars, i still looking for you" Earth

[@thunderfox53]

I really enjoy these documentaries hearing missions like these and learning about all the space missions that humans are capable of feel me with a sense of hope for our future, corny I know but that's just my thoughts on the matter

[@Dream24024]

Very good director with best actors . hollywood will hire them all soon .

[@RoaldRoberts]

We've started. We're doing it. I don't care whether it's in my lifetime, but we are going to Mars and beyond

[@sanjayvishwakarma7774]

Good Mars mission on Red planet thanks nasa team

[@mikesrdtrukr]

Really really enjoyed that!! Cheers!

[@stevewheatley243]

Great documentary.👍

[@mikekincaid7412]

These people are serious about there jobs but they can sure shake a leg when things go right..success to all your future missions you folks

[@bcdefghjlmpqrsuvwxyz8524]

What colour was the parachute sir/madam and what color are the rovers wheels, how many wheels does the rover have are they 3? How fast was the descent down my atmosphere and his ss well? Is the rover huge enough to fit a person? How raised is the bumper from the ground? What is the maximum angle on a turn by the rover? How fortified is the rover? How long will the energy it runs on last? After shutdown is it capable of holding onto the last image recorded?how much weight can the rover carry if compressed? At What angle does it receive its frequency at?

[@TheStockwell]

Have you ever considered just looking that information up, yourself? There's this new thing all the cool kids are into. It's called a "web search." 😺

[@UWfalcin]

When is this docu from?

[@davidhaynes3126]

Why not keep up the retro burn for a little longer, so as not to need so much bounce ie cushioning ?

[@bystander9028]

Can't wait 🙌

[@mikekincaid7412]

The 6 minute deal.. people spend an entire career getting ready for this.. big hand out to you folks

[@ebscoHOSTpub]

which one is #1? I wanna see this in order but hard to find order #

[@maxime9636]

Thank U so much 👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤

[@MichaelMiller-op8fe]

I love how as soon as they see the pictures they turn into a bunch of little kids. 🤗

[@grottonisred6541]

Brilliant from start to finish.

[@copperNick-North]

It strikes me that many cables or pieces of Perseverance are fastened with knots. Some knot or combination of them seemed to me a clove hitch and a half knot. What kind of rope? maybe a braided, flat and soulless?.

[@erselley9017]

My man Pete has hands down the most intimidating resting face I have ever seen in my life. Doesn't even need to speak to get his point across.

[@Mistersmiley125]

Spirit outlived his lifespan but he did make a good friend on the way Which was opportunity

[@lavluvlov]

Cher Anton, how do you put your brain at off when you go to sleep ?

[@fabrb26]

5:30 imagine one day we see something like that coming to earth but it's no one down there... 😅

[@mikekincaid7412]

You sent a msg a billion miles away to change a program by 2 seconds..I’m impressed folks