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#Mars: Ingenuity returns to full nominal for #54. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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🗓️ 10 August 2023

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#Mars: Ingenuity returns to full nominal for #54. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuity-snaps-picture-of-perseverance-during-54th-flight/

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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone, and that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.4

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20 miles per hour,

0:12.3

because 20 miles per hour roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or

0:16.8

serious injuries by 24%. That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:35.0

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Bachelors off to the moon. Bob Zimmerman,

0:38.8

he keeps the website behind the black here. He has an image up from Chandrayaan 3. This is India's

0:44.0

space company. Looks like a success. Anything, anything funny, Bob. No, India's space agency,

0:51.2

Israel launched this lunar orbit to become a lander last weekend.

0:59.1

It entered lunar orbit over the weekend. It's an in lunar orbit. As it was getting into lunar

1:03.5

orbit, it took some pictures. They released a short movie of those pictures. I linked to

1:07.7

it behind the black and included one screen capture just shows the camera, and the equipment is running

1:13.2

properly. It's now in lunar orbit. It's lowering that orbit, planning for a descent of its

1:19.4

Vikram lander on August 23rd to land in the high southern latitudes of the moon.

1:26.1

One's Vikram lands. If it lands successfully, it's got a rover that will then begin to

1:30.9

rove for approximately two weeks of our time, one lunar day essentially, the daytime part of the day.

1:38.7

So if you think it's course, we'll succeed this time. Is there a second attempt to land on the moon?

1:42.3

The brave little toaster that can fly in genuity. 54th flight, but there's information. What is it

1:49.2

about? Yeah, this is an interesting thing. When they did that 53rd flight, for some reason,

1:53.3

they did not announce the end of the flight. They did not do a tweet thing. We've done it again.

1:59.5

They did nothing. They didn't add any information on the flight log. I couldn't understand why

2:03.4

they didn't tell us anything. Well, ingenuity has now completed its 54th flight, the next flight.

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