- [Female Radio Voice] Standing
by for parachute deploy.
- [Male Radio Voice]
Radio signs reports
sudden change in doppler.
- [Female Radio Voice] Ramp
stations are moving signals
consistent with
parachute deploy.
[all clapping]
- [Male Radio Voice]
Michael Alpha Michael Bravo
maintain lock status.
- [Female Radio Voice] Telemetry
shows parachute deployment,
radar powered on.
[all clapping]
Heat shield
separation commanded.
- [Male Commentator] This
is really good news so far.
- [Female Commentator]
It's fantastic.
- [Male Commentator] Ah,
I'm on pins and needles.
- [Female Radio Voice]
We have radar activation
where the radar is beginning
to search for the ground.
Once the radar
locks on the ground
and inside is about one
kilometer above the surface
the lander will separate
from the Backshell
and begin terminal descent
using its 12 descent engines.
[Male commentator sighs]
Altitude convergence, the
radar has locked on the ground.
[all clapping]
- [Male Commentator] Yes.
- [Female Radio Voice] Standing
by for lander separation.
- [Male Radio Voice]
Carrier interruption on
Michael Alpha and Michael Bravo.
- [Female Radio Voice]
Lander separation commanded,
altitude 600 meters.
Gravity turn,
altitude 400 meters.
300 meters.
200 meters.
80 meters.
60 meters.
50 meters, constant velocity.
37 meters.
30 meters.
20 meters.
17 meters, standing
by for touch down.
Touch down confirmed.
[all emphatically cheering]
- [Male Commentator]
This never gets old.
- [Female Commentator]
No it doesn't Rob.
